عاب

العربية

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عاب^¹

/ʕaː.ba/

Where it comes from

Possibly related to Egyptian ꜥb (“to make dirty, to pollute”).

verb عَابَ · ʕāba · يَعِيبُ · عَيْب · مَعْيبَة

to be faulty, to be defective
to spoil, to mar
to blame, to decry
to shame, to humiliate, to disgrace عَابَ مَجْدَكَ بِالمَذَلَّةِ وَالهَزَائِمِ حِينَمَا هَبَّ الجَنُوبُ لِكَيْ يُقَاوِم
to render defective أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَاءَهُم مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا

عاب^²

/ʕaːbb/

adjective عَابّ · ʕābb

active, participle active participle of عَبَّ (ʕabba)

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عاب},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

عاب