مَخْبَثَةٌ
Root: خبث
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مَخْبَثَةٌ
A cause of evil or corruption: pl. مَخَابِثُ. So in the saying of 'Antarah,
[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 مَخْبَثَةٌنُبِّئْتُ عَمْرًا غَيْرَ شَاكِرِ نِعْمَتِى وَالكُفْرُ مَخْبَثَةٌ لِنَفْسِ المُنْعِمِ
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