كذب

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كذب^¹

/ka.ða.ba/

Where it comes from

Cognate with Hebrew כָּזָב (kazáv, “to lie, to deceive, to mislead”) and Classical Syriac ܟܕܒܐ (kaddɑvɑ, “liar”).

verb كَذَبَ · kaḏaba · يَكْذِبُ · كَذِب · كِذْب · كِذْبَة

intransitive to lie to (someone) كَذَبَنِي الْحَدِيثَ
Similar: مَانَ
intransitive to lie about (عَلَى (ʕalā)) فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَبَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلصِّدْقِ إِذْ جَاءَهُ
Similar: مَانَ
to deceive

Opposite: صَدَقَ

كذب^²

/kað.ða.ba/

verb كَذَّبَ · kaḏḏaba · يُكَذِّبُ · تَكْذِيب · كِذَّاب

to allege of lying, to disbelieve someone وَأَخِي هَارُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّي لِسَانًا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِيَ رِدْءًا يُصَدِّقُنِيۖ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
Opposite: صَدَّقَ
to accuse or tell that something is false or deceitful, to disbelieve كَذَّبَ الْخَبَرَ
Opposite: صَدَّقَ
to disbelieve in وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Opposite: صَدَّقَ بِـ
rare to make (someone) disbelieve (in) فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِالدِّينِ
to disprove, to refute
to be inactive, to be deactivated
to abstain, to desist

كذب^³

/ka.ðib/
/kiðb/

noun كَذِب · كِذْب · kaḏib · kiḏb

noun from verb, uncountable verbal noun of كَذَبَ (kaḏaba) (form I)
uncountable lying
uncountable lie, falsehood, untruth

كذب^⁴

/ka.ðib/
/kiðb/

adjective كَذِب · كِذْب · kaḏib · kiḏb

false وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ

Thesaurus

verb

Opposite: صَدَقَ

In English

lie tell an intentional untruth
refute to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
belie to contradict or show to be false
lying act of telling a lie
give the lie to to prove (something) to be false
disbelieve not believe

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {كذب},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%B0%D8%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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