اغتابهُ
Root: غيب
Form: 8
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اغتابهُVIII
[He spoke evil of him; or did so in his absence, i. e. backbit him; not always, though generally, meaning with truth:] he spoke evil of him in his absence; or said of him, in his absence, what would grieve him if he heard it; with truth: he carped at him behind the back, or in absence, by saying what would grieve him, (تَنَاوَلَهُ بِظَهْرِ بِمَا يَسُوؤُهُ,) of what was [reprehensible] in him: or he spoke of him imputing to him what he disliked, of vices, or faults, with truth: when the charge is false, it is termed بُهْتَانٌ: or he attributed, or imputed, to him a vice, or fault, or the like; and mentioned him with what was in him of evil; or said of him what would grieve him: and
signifies the same: [so does
غيّبهُ : that اغتابهُ does not always signify he spoke evil of him, or the like, in his absence, appears from several instances, such as the phrases المُغْتَابُ فِى الوَجْهِ (K in art. لمز) and المُغْتَابُونَ بِالحَضْرَةِ : nor does it always signify he spoke evil of him, or the like, with truth; for the verb is used in the Ksh and by Bd and Jel in civ. 1 having for its object the Prophet:] IAar says that
is syn. with
اغتاب, and signifies he mentioned a man with the imputation of good or of evil. [It may also mean He expressed, or signified, an evil opinion of him by making signs with the side of the mouth, or with the eye, or with the head, or otherwise; as is indicated in the TA in arts. لمز and همز.]
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