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Kalimāt: Arabic for Islamic and Arabic Studies

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English: Arabic (vocalized/unvocalized):
to lie

كذب، يكذب، كذبا (على)‏

كَذَبَ، يَكْذِبُ، كَذِباً (عَلى)‏

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Categories:
Knowledge: active
Frequency: 4
Part of speech: verb
Morphological category: verb
Morph. pattern: فَعَلَ
Form: I
Root: كذب
Subject: Cognitive abilities, Law, Religion and philosophy

Sample sentences:

‫كَذَبَ الشّابُّ على أبيهِ لأنّهُ يَخافُ مِنْهُ‬

‫لا تَكْذِبْ‏‬