قبح

See also: فتح and ف ت ح

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ب ح (q-b-ḥ)

Verb

قَبُحَ • (qabuḥa) I, non-past يَقْبُحُ‎ (yaqbuḥu)

  1. to be ugly, to be vile, to be foul, to be hideous
  2. to be bad, to be evil
  3. to be infamous
  4. to be abominable
Conjugation
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Verb

قَبَّحَ • (qabbaḥa) II, non-past يُقَبِّحُ‎ (yuqabbiḥu)

  1. to make ugly, make vile, make foul, make hideous
  2. to make bad, make evil
  3. to make infamous
  4. to make abominable
  5. to treat or worthless or abject
  6. to reproach with
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Noun

قَبْح or قُبْح • (qabḥ or qubḥ) m

  1. verbal noun of قَبُحَ (qabuḥa, to be ugly) (form I)
  2. ugliness, vileness, foulness, hideousness
  3. badness, evil
  4. infamy
  5. abominableness
  6. vice
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: قبح (kubh)
References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قُبْح (qubḥ).

Noun

قبح • (kubh)

  1. ugliness
  2. turpitude; vice
  • قبحیات (kubhiyat)

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kubh”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قبح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 943b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قبح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1432a
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