غبن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Form-I verb of the root غ ب ن (ḡ-b-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.ba.na/

Verb

غَبَنَ (ḡabana) I, non-past يَغْبِنُ‎ (yaḡbinu)

  1. to cheat, to swindle, to scam
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣabn/
  • IPA(key): /ɣubn/

Noun

غَبْن or غُبْن (ḡabn or ḡubn) m (plural غُبُون (ḡubūn))

  1. fraud, deceit
Declension
Descendants

Verb

غِبْنَ (ḡibna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of غَابَ (ḡāba)
  2. third-person feminine plural past active of غَابَ (ḡāba)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835), غبن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 257
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), غبن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 779
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