Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
عيب
Parts of Speech
Verb (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
1 times across 1 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root عيب across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root عيب (Eyb) refers to a vice, fault, defect, or blemish in a person, animal, or thing. It signifies an imperfection or something amiss. The plural forms are عُيُوبٌ and أَعْيَابٌ.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: ʿ-y-b
Listen: أَعِيبَهَا 18:79
Root letters: ع — ي — ب

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

All word forms derived from the root عيب as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Verb

Concordance — 1 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root عيب appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Verb (1)

Verb (1 verses — showing first 5)

The Cave 18:79 Verb
أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِینَةُ فَكَانَتۡ لِمَسَـٰكِینَ یَعۡمَلُونَ فِی ٱلۡبَحۡرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنۡ أَعِیبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَاۤءَهُم مَّلِكࣱ یَأۡخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِینَةٍ غَصۡبࣰا ۝٧٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force

Derived Forms (1)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
أَعِيبَهَا ʾaaʿiybahaā Verb