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Form 1خَابَ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarخَيْبَةٌmuḍāriʿيَخِيبُ

Core sense — he failed of attaining what he desired; he suffered loss; he disbelievedgenerated

1.1[He who fears will be disappointed]—مَنْ هَابَ خَابَ

Muḍāriʿ يَخِيبُ and يَخُوبُ.

[His labour, and his hope, resulted in disappointment; were balked, or frustrated]—خَابَ سَعْيُهُ وَأَمَلُهُ

Said of a man: he was disappointed of attaining what he desired or sought; he was balked; he was unsuccessful. Also: he was denied, refused, or debarred from what he desired or sought.

He did not attain what he sought or desired.

[See also خَيْبَةٌ below.]

1.1.1

Also: he suffered loss.

1.1.2

Same as كَفَرَ: he disbelieved, or became an unbeliever.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 3 shown of 4
14:15
وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

But they sought victory and decision (there and then), and frustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor.

20:111
وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا

(All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) - the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal: hopeless indeed will be the man that carries iniquity (on his back).

91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he fails that corrupts it!

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, A, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. يَخِيبُ (Msb, K) and يَخُوبُ , (TA,) inf. n. خَيْبَةٌ , (S, Msb, K,) He (a man, S) was disappointed of attaining what he desired or sought; was balked; was unsuccessful; failed of attaining his desire: (S, Msb, K:) he was denied, refused, prohibited from attaining, or debarred from, what he desired or sought. (A, K.) You say, مَنْ هَابَ خَابَ [He who fears will be disappointed]. (A, TA.) And خَابَ سَعْيُهُ وَأَمَلُهُ [His labour, and his hope, or expectation, resulted in disappointment; were disappointed, balked, or frustrated;] he attained not what he sought or desired. (A, TA.) [See also خَيْبَةٌ , below.] Also He suffered loss. (K.) And i. q. كَفَرَ [He disbelieved; or be came an unbeliever, or infidel; &c.]. (K.)
Form 2خيّبهُ1 sense
maṣdarتَخْيِيبٌ

Core sense — he disappointed him, he made him fail of what he desiredgenerated

2.1

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Said of God, or of a man: he disappointed him; he caused him to fail of attaining what he desired or sought. Also: he denied him, refused him, or debarred him from what he desired or sought.

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, (S, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَخْيِيبٌ , (S,) He (God, A, Msb, K, or a man, S) disappointed him; or caused him to be disappointed of at taining what he desired or sought, to be balked, to be unsuccessful, or to fail of attaining his desire: (S, Msb:) he denied him, refused him, prohibited him from attaining, or debarred him from, that which he desired or sought. (A, K.)

Derived nouns 5

Nounخَيْبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — disappointment, failure to attain what is desiredgenerated

1[Fear is a cause of disappointment]—الهَيْبَةٌ خَيْبَةٌ
[May God send disappointment to Zeyd]—خَيْبَةً لِزَيْدٍ

Here خيبة is in the accusative case, governed by a verb understood, while in the phrase that follows it is in the nominative as a mubtadaʾ; each is a form of imprecation.

[Disappointment be to, or befall, Zeyd]—خَيْبَةٌ لِزَيْدٍ

Maṣdar of form 1.

Said in a proverb.

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inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, Msb, K.) It is said in a prov., (S, Msb, K,) الهَيْبَةٌ خَيْبَةٌ [Fear is a cause of disappointment]. (S, A, Msb, K.) And one says, خَيْبَةً لِزَيْدٍ [May God send dis appointment to Zeyd], and خَيْبَةٌ لِزَيْدٍ [Disappointment be to, or befall, Zeyd]: (S, K:) خيبة in the former instance being in the accus. case as governed by a verb understood; and in the latter, in the nom. case as an inchoative: (S:) each being a form of imprecation. (K.)
Nounقَدْحٌ خَيَّابٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an attempt to strike fire that produces no fire; habitually unsuccessfulgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

[An endeavour to produce fire with a زَنْد] that does not produce fire.

In some copies we find قِدْح in place of قَدْح.

Golius explains خَيَّابٌ as meaning ignitabulum fallens, quod non excudit semina ignis; but I cannot find قَدْحٌ or قِدْحٌ anywhere in the sense he assigns to one of these words, which is that of مِقْدَحَةٌ and the like.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

In this verse quoted by Th,

shāhid
اُسْكُتْ وَلَا تَنْطِقْ فَأَنْتَ خَيَّابْكُلُّكَ ذُو عَيْبٍ وَأَنْتَ عَيَّابٌ

حيّاب may be [an adjective] of the measure فَعَّال from الخَيْبَةُ [so that the meaning may be: Be silent, and do not speak, for you are habitually unsuccessful; you are altogether vicious, or faulty, and you are a great imputer of faults to others].

Or the person mentioned there may be meant to be likened to the قدح mentioned above.

1.2figurative · مجازHis labour has ended, or ends, or will end, in loss—سَعْيُهُ فِى خَيَّابِ بْنِ هَيَّابٍ
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[An endeavour to produce fire with a زَنْد ] that does not produce fire ( لَايُورِى ). (A, K. * [In some copies of the K, for قَدْح , we find قِدْح . Golius explains خَيَّابٌ as meaning ignitabulum fallens, quod non excudit semina ignis: but I cannot anywhere find قَدْحٌ or قِدْحٌ in the sense which he assigns to one of these words, which is that of مِقْدَحَةٌ &c.]) In the following verse, quoted by Th, 1 حيّاب may be [an epithet] of the measure فَعَّال from الخَيْبَةُ ; [so that the meaning may be Be thou silent, and speak not, for thou art habitually unsuccessful; thou art altogether vitious, or faulty, and thou art a great imputer of vices, or faults, to others;] or the person there men tioned may be meant to be likened to the قدح above mentioned. (TA.) اُسْكُتْ وَلَا تَنْطِقْ فَأَنْتَ خَيَّابْ | كُلُّكَ ذُو عَيْبٍ وَأَنْتَ عَيَّابٌ One says also, سَعْيُهُ فِى خَيَّابِ بْنِ هَيَّابٍ His labour [has ended, or ends, or will end,] in loss. (A, K.)
Nounخَائِبٌ2 senses

Core sense — disappointed, unsuccessful, failing to attain what he desiredgenerated

1

Ism fāʿil of form 1.

2

For خَائِبِكَ and بِخَائِبِكَ, see خَآءَ بِكَ in the article on خوأ.

Qur’ānic occurrences خَآئِبِين
3:127
لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَآئِبِينَ

That He might cut off a fringe of the Unbelievers or expose them to infamy, and they should then be turned back, frustrated of their purpose.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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part. n. of 1. (Msb, TA.) خَائِبِكَ and بِخَائِبِكَ : see خَآءَ بِكَ in art. خوأ .
Nounقِدْحٌ أَخْيَبُ1 sense

Core sense — an arrow, in a game of chance, to which no portion belongsgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

An arrow of those used in the game called المَيْسِر to which no lot, or portion, belongs; there are three such arrows, namely the مَنِيح, the سَفِيح, and the وَغْد.

Occurring in a tradition of ʿAlee.

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An arrow of those employed in the game called المَيْسِر , to which no lot, or portion, pertains: for there are three such arrows; namely, the مَنِيح , the سَفِيح , and the وَغْد : occurring in a trad. of 'Alee. (TA.)
Nounوَقَعُوا فِى وَادِى تُخُيِّبَ1 sense

Core sense — they fell into what was vain, and so into disappointmentgenerated

1They fell into what was vain, unreal, or futile, and so into disappointment—تُخَيِّبَ

Also given as وَقَعَ.

The last word is imperfectly declinable [in each of these instances].

Explained as meaning فِى البَاطِلِ, or فى بَاطِلٍ [i.e. into a state of things that was vain, or the like].

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, (Ks, S, A, K, but in the last وَقَعَ ,) and تُخَيِّبَ , (A, K,) the last word being imperfectly decl. [in each of these instances], (Ks, S, A, K,) meaning فِى البَاطِلِ [i. e. They fell into that which was vain, unreal, nought, futile, or the like, and consequently, into disappointment], (Ks, S, K,) or فى بَاطِلٍ [into a state of things that was vain, &c.]. (A.)