Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَخْبَثَةٌ

Root: خبث

Full Definition

مَخْبَثَةٌ A cause of evil or corruption: pl. مَخَابِثُ. So in the saying of 'Antarah, نُبِّئْتُ عَمْرًا غَيْرَ شَاكِرِ نِعْمَتِى وَالكُفْرُ مَخْبَثَةٌ لِنَفْسِ المُنْعِمِ [I have been told that 'Amr is not thankful for my beneficence: and ingratitude is a cause of evil to the soul of the benefactor]. One says also, فِيهِ مَخَابِثُ جَمَّةٌ [In him, or it, are many causes of evil or corruption]. And طَعَامٌ مَخْبَثَةٌ Food that is a cause of heaviness to the soul [or stomach]; or of heaving, or becoming agitated by a tendency to vomit: or that is unlawful.


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