عَيْبٌ
Root: عيب
Full Definition
عَيْبٌ
, an Verbal.Noun used as a simple subst. and
عَابٌ [which is also originally an Verbal.Noun and
عَيْبَةٌ and
مَعَابٌ and
مَعِيبٌ and
مَعَابَةٌ . signify the same, i. e. [in a man and in any animal,] A vice. [and in the same, and in anything,] a fault or faultiness, an unsoundness, a defect, an imperfection, a blemish, or something amiss; syn. وَصْمَةٌ, and نَقِيصَةٌ: in Pers. آهُو: or
مَعَابٌ and
مَعَابَةٌ signify a place of
عَيْب [or vice, fault, &c.; app. as meaning a ground for
عَيْب or finding fault, &c.].
مَا فِيهِ مَعَابٌ and
مَعَابَةٌ meaning [There is not in him, or it,] عَيْبٌ, or مَوْضِعُ عَيْب: [and so
مَعِيبٌ as is shown by what follows; and
مَعْيَبَةٌ as expl. in Har p. 475, which last and
مَعَابَةٌ may be expl. agreeably with analogy as signifying a cause of
عَيْب, i. e. a thing for which one is to be found fault with, blamed, upbraided, or reproached; like مَذَمَّةٌ;] for [although] مَفْعل from triliteral-radical verb such as كَالَ, Present.T يَكِيلُ, as the measure of a subst. [or n. of place] is with kesr [to the ع,] and as the measure of an Verbal.Noun with fet-h, yet it is allowable to use fet-h or kesr in either case, for the Arabs say مَسَارٌ and مَسِيرٌ, and مَعَاشٌ and مَعِيشٌ, and
مَعَابٌ and
مَعِيبٌ : the pl. of عَيْبٌ is عُيُوبٌ [a pl. of mult.] and أَعْيَابٌ [a pl. of pauc.]; and مَعَايِبُ [as pl. of
مَعَابٌ or
مَعِيبٌ or
مَعَابَةٌ , or as an anomalous pl. of عَيْبٌ like as مَشَايِنُ is of شَيْنٌ,] is syn. with عُيُوبٌ.
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