خِيَانَة
faithlessness
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Also written خائن: خَائِن (disloyal)
Highlights
Plural
خَائِنُون
Other plurals
خُوَّان، خَوَنَة، خَانَة
Feminine
خَائِنَة
Most common words from the same root
خَائِن in English
Noun · masculine
- traitor, judas, betrayer
- cheat, deceiver
- changeling
Word origin
Derived from the active participle from خَانَ (ḵāna, “to be disloyal, to betray”).
Words from the root خ-و-ن
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
خَانَ
· present يَخُونُ
Form I · The plain action
to be disloyal, to be faithless, to be false, to be treacherous, to be perfidious; to act disloyally, to act treacherously, to act perfidiously; to betray
خَوَّنَ
· present يُخَوِّنُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to regard as faithless, to regard as disloyal, to regard as false, to regard as treacherous, to regard as traitorous, to regard as perfidious, to regard as dishonest, to regard as unreliable; to call faithless, to call disloyal, to be false, to be treacherous, to be perfidious, to call false, to call treacherous, to call perfidious, to call dishonest, to call unreliable; to accuse of betrayal, to accuse of disloyalty
تَخْوِين
مُخَوِّن
مُخَوَّن
اِسْتِخْوَان
خَؤُون
faithless
خَوَّان
unreliable
خَائِن: plural and other forms
| Singular | خَائِن |
|---|---|
| Plural | خَائِنُون |
| Alternative plurals | خُوَّان، خَوَنَة، خَانَة |
| Feminine | خَائِنَة |
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