كذاب

• IPA^(key): /kað.ðaːb/
  • (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kad.daːb/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /kad.daːb/
  • (North Levantine) IPA^(key): /kaz.zaːb/

كَذَّاب • (kaḏḏāb) (feminine كَذَّابَة (kaḏḏāba), masculine plural كَذَّابُون (kaḏḏābūn), feminine plural كَذَّابَات (kaḏḏābāt))

1. lying frequently or habitually

   Synonym: أَفَّاك (ʔaffāk)

   Antonym: صِدِّيق (ṣiddīq)

   • 9th century, Muḥammad Al-Buḵāriyy, quoting Muhammad, “(69)بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: ”يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَكُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ“ وَمَا يُنْهَى عَنِ الْكَذِبِ”, in Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Buḵāriyy:

     حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ—رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ—عَنِ النَّبِيِّ—صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ—قَالَ «إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ، وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ صِدِّيقًا، وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ، وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكْذِبُ، حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا».

     ḥaddaṯanā ʕuṯmānu bnu ʔabī šaybata, ḥaddaṯanā jarīrun, ʕan manṣūrin, ʕan ʔabī wāʔilin, ʕan ʕabdi l-lahi—raḍiya l-lahu ʕanhu—ʕani n-nabiyyi—ṣallā l-lahu ʕalayhi wasallama—qāla “ʔinna ṣ-ṣidqa yahdī ʔilā l-birri, waʔinna l-birra yahdī ʔilā l-jannati, waʔinna r-rajula layaṣduqu ḥattā yakūna ṣiddīqan, waʔinna l-kaḏiba yahdī ʔilā l-fujūri, waʔinna l-fujūra yahdī ʔilā n-nāri, waʔinna r-rajula layakḏibu, ḥattā yuktaba ʕinda l-lahi kaḏḏāban”.

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   • a. 820 CE, اَلشَّافِعِيّ [aš-šāfiʕiyy], edited by أَحْمَد مُحَمَّد شَاكِر [ʔaḥmad muḥammad šākir], اَلرِّسَالَة [ar-risāla], first edition, مطبعة مصطفى البابي الحلبي, published 1938, page 399:

     وَمَنْ حَدَّثَ عَنْ كَذَّابٍ لَمْ يَبْرَأْ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى الْكَذَّابَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ كَاذِبًا

     waman ḥaddaṯa ʕan kaḏḏābin lam yabraʔ mina l-kaḏibi liʔannahu yarā l-kaḏḏāba fī ḥadīṯihi kāḏiban

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2. false, fake

   جَوْهَرٌ كَذَّابٌ

   jawharun kaḏḏābun

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• Gulf Arabic: چذاب (čaḏḏāb)
• Maltese: giddieb
• → North Levantine Arabic: كذاب (kizzāb, kizzēb) (learned)

كِذَّاب • (kiḏḏāb) m (rare, obsolete)

1. verbal noun of كَذَّبَ (kaḏḏaba) (form II)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:28:

     وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

     wakaḏḏabū biʔāyātinā kiḏḏāban

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   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:35:

     لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

     lā yasmaʕūna fīhā laḡwan walā kiḏḏāban

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كِذَاب • (kiḏāb) m

1. verbal noun of كَاذَبَ (kāḏaba) (form III)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “كذب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic كَذَّاب (kaḏḏāb).

• IPA^(key): /kad.daːb/, /kað.ðaːb/, /kaz.zaːb/

كذاب • (kaddāb) (feminine كَذَّابة (kaddāba), common plural كَذَّابين (kaddābīn), feminine plural كَذَّابات (kaddābāt))

1. liar

   Synonyms: نَصَّاب (naṣṣāb), (rare) بَكَّاش (bakkāš)

The common plural adjective is used with both feminine and masculine plural nouns, while the feminine plural adjective is rarely used and only used with feminine nouns.

• This is considered a unique word in which the three phonemes /ð/, /d/ and /z/ can be heard interchangeably

Learned borrowing from Arabic كَذَّاب (kaḏḏāb).

• (Beirut) IPA^(key): /kizˈzeːb/
• (Damascus) IPA^(key): /kizˈzaːb/

كذاب • (kizzāb) m (plural كذَّابين (kizzābīn), feminine كذَّابة (kizzāba))

1. liar