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كَذِبٌ

Root: كذب

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كَذِبٌ and أُكْذُوبَةٌ [pl. أَكَاذِيبُ] and كُذْبَى and مَكْذُوبٌ and مَكْذُوبَةٌ (S, K: a fem. pass. part. n. which is less used in this manner than a masc.: TA [or perhaps an Verbal.Noun, as its contr. مَصْدُوقَةٌ is said to be:]) and مَكْذَبَةٌ and مُكْذُبَةٌ and and كُذْبَانٌ and كُذَّابٌ and تَكْذَابٌ (L, art. مسح,) are synonymous: [all of these are regarded by some as inf. ns., signifying The act of lying; uttering a falsehood; or saying what is untrue: by others, all but the first seem to be regarded as simple substantives, signifying a lie; a falsehood; an untruth; a fiction; a fable: and the first, being an Verbal.Noun, is often used as a subst.]
2نُمَيْرٍ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَكْذُوبَةٌ إِنَّ بَنِى [Verily no lying, or lie, is attributable to the sons of Numeyr] is related as a phrase of the Arabs.
3لَيْسَ لِحَدِّهِمٌ مَكْذُوبَةٌ إِنَّ بَنِى فُلَانٍ; i. e., كَذِبٌ; [Verily no falsity is attributable to the valour of the sons of such a one].
4 لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا [Kur lvi. 2,] signifies There shall be no rejecting its happening [as a falsity]: كاذبة being here an Verbal.Noun: or كاذبة is here a subst. put in the place of an Verbal.Noun, like عَاقِبَةٌ and عَافِيةٌ and بَاقِيَةٌ.
5 لَا , and لا كُذْبَى , and لا , I do not accuse thee of lying; or make thee a liar: [and in like manner] لَا كُذْبَ لَكَ, and لا كُذْبَى لَكَ, signify لا تَكْذِيبَ There is no accusing thee of lying; or making thee a liar.
6 الشِّعْرِ [The lies of poetry].
7 جَاؤُوا عَلَى قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ, [Kur xii. 18, They brought, upon his shirt, false blood]: كذب here means : or is for ذِى كَذِبٍ, meaning مَكْذُوبٍ فِيهِ: or the blood is termed كذب because he was told a lie thereby. See another reading in art. كدب.
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