The Arabic root خ-ي-ب (kh-y-b)

Form I verb خَابَ: to fail

3 words in the dictionary are built from خ-ي-ب, including verbs in Forms I, II. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form I

خَابَ

to fail

Verb · Form II

خَيَّبَ

to thwart

Noun

خَيْبَة

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

خَابَ · present يَخِيبُ

Form I · The plain action

to fail

خَيْبَة

Verbal noun

خَائِب

Active participle

مَخِيب

Passive participle

خَيَّبَ · present يُخَيِّبُ

Form II · Causative or intensive

to thwart, to frustrate, to defeat; to disappoint, to dash

تَخْيِيب

Verbal noun

مُخَيِّب

Active participle

مُخَيَّب

Passive participle

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