خِيَانَة
faithlessness
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Highlights
Present tense
يَخُونُ
Verbal nouns
خَوْن، خِيَانَة، مَخَانَة
Active participle
Passive participle
مَخُون
Most common words from the same root
خَانَ in English
Verb · Form I
- 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
- to cheat, to dupe, to hoodwink, to deceive, to impose upon, to fool, to deceive, to mislead
- to forsake, to desert, to let down
- to fail, to break (a promise, contract)
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
خَانَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | خُنْتُ | أَخُونُ | أَخُونَ | أَخُنْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | خُنْتَ | تَخُونُ | تَخُونَ | تَخُنْ | خُنْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | خُنْتِ | تَخُونِينَ | تَخُونِي | تَخُونِي | خُونِي |
| هُوَ he | خَانَ | يَخُونُ | يَخُونَ | يَخُنْ | — |
| هِيَ she | خَانَتْ | تَخُونُ | تَخُونَ | تَخُنْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | خُنْتُمَا | تَخُونَانِ | تَخُونَا | تَخُونَا | خُونَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | خَانَا | يَخُونَانِ | يَخُونَا | يَخُونَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | خَانَتَا | تَخُونَانِ | تَخُونَا | تَخُونَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | خُنَّا | نَخُونُ | نَخُونَ | نَخُنْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | خُنْتُمْ | تَخُونُونَ | تَخُونُوا | تَخُونُوا | خُونُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | خُنْتُنَّ | تَخُنَّ | تَخُنَّ | تَخُنَّ | خُنَّ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | خَانُوا | يَخُونُونَ | يَخُونُوا | يَخُونُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | خُنَّ | يَخُنَّ | يَخُنَّ | يَخُنَّ | — |
| Verbal noun | خَوْن، خِيَانَة، مَخَانَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | خَائِن |
| Passive participle | مَخُون |
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