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Form 1قَبُحَ5 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarقُبْحٌ قَبْحٌ

Core sense — he was, or became, bad, foul, or ugly; God removed him far from goodgenerated

1.1he, or it, was, or became, bad, evil, foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideousقَبُحَ

[or this, according to the S, seems to be a simple noun,] and also قَبْحٌ, قَبَاحَةٌ, قُبُوحَةٌ, قُبُوحٌ and قُبَاحٌ.

Said of a form, of an action, and of anything; the opposite of حَسُنَ.

said of a man: he was bad, evil, or foulقَبُحَ وَشَقُحَ

The second verb appears to be used as an imitative sequent.

[He did, or said, what was bad or evil]جَآءَ بِالقَبَاحَةِ وَالشَّقَاحَةِ
so in the K, in this articleشقح
be bad or evil, if you wish to become soاُقْبُحْ إِنْ كُنْتَ قَابِحًا
he is not becoming bad, or will not become bad, beyond the degree he has already reachedمَا هُوَ بِقَابِحٍ قَوْقَ مَا قَبُحَ

on this sense One says the same in similar cases.

1.2do not say that the face is unseemly, or uglyلَا تَقْبَحُوا الوَجْهَ

This occurs in a tradition. The word used is قَبِيح, i.e. unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous; the face is not to be called so because God formed it.

Or the meaning is: do not say قَبَحَ ٱللّٰهُ وَجْهَ فُلَانٍ [explained in what follows].

1.2.1God removed him, or may God remove him, far from good, or from all that is goodقَبَحَهُ ٱللّٰهُ

In the CK قَبَّحَهُ.

maṣdar قَبْحٌ and قُبُوحٌ.

God removed him far from good, with intensive forceقَبَّحَهُ ٱللّٰهُ
may removal far from good befall himقَبْحًا لَهُ

Also قُبْحًا لَهُ وَشُقْحًا and قَبْحًا لَهُ وَشَقْحًا, in which شقحا is [said to be] an imitative sequent; but see the article شقح.

foulness, unseemliness, unsightliness, ugliness, or hideousnessقُبْحًا

The removal is like that of the dog and the pig; or God drove him away, or may God drive him away, like a dog; or God made him, or may God make him, foul, unseemly, ugly, or hideous in form. See the ism mafʿūl.

A phrase with a word left out: a verb and its agent are understood, i.e., with these supplied, (may God decree) removal far from good to him, or (cause) removal far from good (to cleave) to him; meaning may such removal befall him.

With damm.

1.2.2I said to him: may God remove you far from goodقَبَحْتُ لَهُ وَجْهَهُ

Written thus, without teshdeed. The words said are قَبَحَ ٱللّٰهُ وَجْهَكَ, where وَجْهَكَ here stands for نَفْسَكَ, the phrase being from القَبْحُ, which means the removing far [from good]. So according to AA.

See an example in a verse cited in the article سبح, form 2.

1.3he broke a pus-filled pustule on his face so that the matter would come outقَبَحَ

Or: he squeezed a pus-filled pustule to press out its contents before it was ripe.

Said also of an egg, or of anything: he broke it.

IAar gives this form; according to the CK it is قبّح, and so in one of two copies of the A, but the first is right, as the form of the muḍāriʿ in an example shows.

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, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. قَبُحَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. قُبْحٌ , (Msb, K,) [or this, accord. to the S, seems to be a simple subst.,] and قَبْحٌ (K) and قَبَاحَةٌ (S, K) and قُبُوحَةٌ and قُبُوحٌ and قُبَاحٌ , (K,) He, or it, (a form, and an action, L, and anything, T,) was, or became, bad, evil, abominable, foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous; contr. of حَسُنَ . (S, Msb, K, TA, &c.) One says of a man, قَبُحَ وَشَقُحَ [app. using the latter v. as an imitative sequent]: and جَآءَ بِالقَبَاحَةِ وَالشَّقَاحَةِ [He did, or said, what was bad or evil &c.]. (K in art. شقح .) And اُقْبُحْ إِنْ كُنْتَ قَابِحًا Be thou bad or evil &c., if thou be desirous of becoming so: and مَا هُوَ بِقَابِحٍ قَوْقَ مَا قَبُحَ He is not becoming bad &c., or will not become bad &c., above the degree in which he has become so: and in like manner one says in similar cases. (Lh, L.) لَا تَقْبَحُوا الوَجْهَ , occurring in a trad., means Say not ye that the face is قَبِيح [i. e. unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous]; because God formed it: or the meaning is, say not ye قَبَحَ ٱللّٰهُ وَجْهَ فُلَانٍ [expl. in what follows]. (L.) And قَبَحَهُ ٱللّٰهُ , (S, A, Msb, K, TA, &c., [in the CK قَبَّحَهُ ,]) aor. قَبَحَ , (Msb,) inf. n. قَبْحٌ and قُبُوحٌ , (AZ, L, TA,) God removed him, or may God remove him, (S, A, Msb, K, &c.,) far, (A, TA,) from good, or prosperity, (S, Msb, K,) or from all that is good; (L, TA;) [or from success, or the attainment of that which he deserves or seeks; (see the pass. part. n.;)] like as one does the dog and the pig: (AZ, L, TA:) [or God drove him away, or may God drive him away, like a dog: or God rendered him, or may God render him, foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous, in form: (see, again, the pass. part. n.:)] and قَبَّحَهُ ٱللّٰهُ has a similar, but intensive, signification. (Msb.) One says, قَبْحًا لَهُ [an elliptical expression, a verb and its agent being understood, i. e., with these supplied, (May God decree) removal far from good, &c., to him; or (cause) removal &c. (to cleave) to him; meaning may removal &c. betide him]; (S;) and قُبْحًا (S, A) also, (S,) with damm; (A;) [i. e. foulness, unseemliness, unsightliness, ugliness, or hideousness;] and قُبْحًا لَهُ وَشُقْحًا ; (L, K, TA;) and قَبْحًا لَهُ وَشَقْحًا ; in which شقحا is [said to be] an imitative sequent. (L, TA: but see art. شقح .) قَبَحْتُ لَهُ وَجْهَهُ , [thus,] without teshdeed, means I said to him, قَبَحَ ٱللّٰهُ وَجْهَكَ [i. e. May God remove thee far from good, &c., for وَجْهَكَ is here put for نَفْسَكَ , the phrase being] from القَبْحُ signifying “ the removing far [from good, &c.]. ” (AA, L. [See an ex. in a verse cited in art. سبح , conj. 2.]) And قَبَحَ (IAar, L, K, TA, [accord. to the CK قبّح , and so in one of two copies of the A, but the former is the right, as is shown by the form of the aor. in an ex. in the TA,]) He broke a purulent pustule (in his face, L,) in order that the matter might come forth: (L, K, TA:) or he squeezed a purulent pustule to express its contents before it was ripe: (A, TA:) and [in like manner] he broke an egg, (K,) or anything. (L.)
Form 2قبّحهُ4 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَقْبِيحٌ

Core sense — he made him, or it, bad, foul, or ugly; he declared his deed foulgenerated

2.1

He (i.e. God) made him, or it, bad, evil, foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous.

2.1.1

See also the preceding article, near the middle.

2.1.2

He rejected what he said as bad, evil, foul, or unseemly.

2.1.3he showed, or declared, his deed to be bad, evil, foul, or unseemlyقبّح عَلَيْهِ فِعْلَهُ

Said when a deed is such as is blamed.

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He (i. e. God) rendered him, or it, bad, evil, abominable, foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous. (L.) See also the preceding paragraph, near the middle. And He rejected, or reprobated, what he said, as bad, evil, abominable, foul, or unseemly. (L.) And قبّح عَلَيْهِ فِعْلَهُ , (S, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَقْبِيحٌ , (S, K,) He showed, or declared, his deed to be bad, evil, abominable, foul, or unseemly: (K:) said when a deed is such as is blamed. (Msb.)
Form 3قابحهُ1 sense
maṣdarمُقَابَحَةٌ

Core sense — he reviled him and was reviled by him; he vied with him in revilinggenerated

3.1he reviled him, being reviled by him; or he vied with him in revilingمُقَابَحَةٌ

مُكَابَحَةٌ has the same meaning.

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, (A,) inf. n. مُقَابَحَةٌ , (K, TA,) with which مُكَابَحَةٌ is syn., (TA,) He reviled, or vilified, him, being reviled, or vilified, by him; or he vied, or contended, with him in reviling, or vilifying (A, K. *)
Form 4اقبح2 senses

Core sense — he did, or said, what was bad, foul, or unseemlygenerated

4.1

He did, or said, what was bad, evil, foul, or unseemly.

4.2how foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous is his face!مَا أَقْبَحَ وَجْهَهُ

Said in reviling a man.

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He did [or said] what was bad, evil, abominable, foul, or unseemly. (S, A, K.) مَا أَقْبَحَ وَجْهَهُ is said in reviling a man [as meaning How foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous, is his face!]. (Ham p. 138.)
Form 10استقبحهُ1 sense

Core sense — he regarded him, or it, as bad, foul, unseemly, or uglygenerated

10.1

He regarded him, or it, as bad, evil, foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous; the opposite of استحسنهُ.

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He regarded him, or it, as bad, evil, abominable, foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous; (TA;) contr. of استحسنهُ . (S, * K.)

Derived nouns 7

Nounقُبْحٌ1 sense

Core sense — badness, foulness, unseemliness, uglinessgenerated

1

Either a maṣdar or a simple noun, and much used as a simple noun; and مَقَابِحُ may be an irregular plural of it, as مَحَاسِنُ is said to be of its opposite حُسْنٌ.

See form 1, first sentence, and again, in two places, in the latter half.

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[either an inf. n. or a simple subst.; much used as a simple subst., and مَقَابِحُ , q. v., may be an anomalous pl. thereof, like as مَحَاسِنُ is said to be of its contr. حُسْنٌ ]: see 1, first sentence; and again, in two places, in the latter half.
Nounالقَبَاحُ1 sense

Core sense — bad, foul, unseemly, or uglygenerated

1

See the next article.

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: see the next following paragraph.
Nounقَبِيحٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — bad, foul, unseemly, ugly; the end of the upper arm-bone next the elbowgenerated

1

Bad, evil, foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous; the opposite of حَسَنٌ. Applied to a form, to an action, and to anything.

Plural قِبَاحٌ, قَبَاحَى and قَبْحَى; feminine قَبِيحَةٌ, plural قَبَائِحُ and قِبَاحٌ.

1.1a she-camel having wide orifices to her teatsنَاقَةٌ قَبِيحَةٌ الشُّخْبِ
1.2the end of the bone of the elbowالقَبِيحُ

So in the T.

The إِبْرَة is another small bone, with a large head and the rest of it small, [the head] closely joined to the قَبِيح.

Or, more correctly, the end of the bone of the upper half of the arm, next the elbow; the end next the shoulder-joint is called الحَسَنُ, because of the amount of flesh on it.

Or the lower part of the upper half of the arm, the upper part being called الحَسَنُ.

Or the قَبِيحَانِ are the two slender ends at the heads of the ذِرَاعَانِ, here meaning the two bones of the forearm.

Or the قَبِيح is the place where the bones of the shank and the thigh join, which are termed قَبِيحَانِ; it is also called القَبَاحُ.

According to A'Obeyd, كِسْرُ قَبِيحٍ, which is made up of two words of the same meaning, the first governing the second in the genitive case, means the bone of the سَاعِد, here meaning the upper half of the arm, from the part next the middle to the elbow. It is explained in this way in the article كسر.

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Bad, evil, abominable, foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous; contr. of حَسَنٌ ; (S, L, Msb, K, &c.;) applied to a form, and to an action, (L,) and to anything: (T:) pl. قِبَاحٌ and قَبَاحَى and قَبْحَى : fem. قَبِيحَةٌ ; pl. قَبَائِحُ and قِبَاحٌ . (K.) نَاقَةٌ قَبِيحَةٌ الشُّخْبِ A she-camel having wide orifices to her teats. (A, K.) القَبِيحُ [is said to signify] The extremity of the bone of the elbow; (S, TA;) so in the T; and the إِبْرَة is another small bone, the head of which is large, and the rest of it small, [the former, i. e. the head.] compactly joined to the قَبِيح : (TA:) or [it is more correctly expl. as] the extremity of the bone of the upper half of the arm, next the elbow; (K, TA;) the extremity next the shoulderjoint being called الحَسَنُ , because of the abundance of the flesh that is upon it: (TA:) or the lower part of the upper half of the arm; the upper part being called الحَسَنُ : (Fr. TA:) or the قَبِيحَانِ are the two slender ends that are at the heads of the ذِرَاعَانِ [here meaning the two bones of the fore arm; (TA:) or the قَبِيح is the place of junction [of the bones] of the shank and the thigh, (K, TA,) which are termed قَبِيحَانِ ; (TA;) and it is also called القَبَاحُ : (K, TA:) accord. to A'Obeyd, كِسْرُ قَبِيحٍ , (L, TA,) which is composed of two syn. words, one prefixed to the other, governing it in the gen. case, (L,) signifies the bone of the سَاعِد [here meaning the upper half of the arm] from the part next the middle to the elbow. (L, TA; and thus it is expl. in the S and K in art. كسر .)
Nounقُبَّاحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a bear that is extremely aged, or old and weakgenerated

1

A bear that is extremely aged, or old and weak.

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A bear (K, TA) that is extremely aged, or old and weak. (TA.)
Nounقَابِحٌ1 sense

Core sense — being, or becoming, bad, foul, unseemly, or uglygenerated

1

Ism fāʿil of قَبُحَ. See form 1, first quarter, in two places.

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[as part, n. of قَبُحَ ]: see 1, first quarter, in two places.
Nounمَقْبُوحٌ1 sense

Core sense — removed far from good; driven away like a dog; made foul in formgenerated

1

The plural of this word occurs in the Qur'ān 28:42.

Removed far from good, or prosperity, or from all that is good; or from success, or the attainment of what he desires or seeks, like the dog and the pig; or driven away like a dog; or made foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous in form. So I'Ab.

See also مَشْقُوحٌ in the first paragraph of the article شقح.

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, of which the pl. occurs in the Kur [xxviii. 42]. (S, L, Msb,) Removed (S, Msb, K, TA) far (TA) from good, or prosperity, (S, K,) or from all that is good: (L, TA;) or from success, or the attainment of that which he desires or seeks; (Msb;) like as are the dog and the pig: (AZ, L, TA:) or driven away like a dog: (ISd, TA:) or rendered foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous, in form. (I'Ab, TA.) [See also مَشْقُوحٌ , in the first paragraph of art. شقح .]
Nounمَقَابِحُ1 sense

Core sense — bad, foul, or unseemly qualities or dispositionsgenerated

1

Bad, evil, foul, or unseemly qualities or dispositions; the opposite of مَحَاسِنُ and مَمَادِحُ.

See قُبْحٌ.

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Bad, evil, abominable, foul, or unseemly, qualities or dispositions [&c.]; contr. of [ مَحَاسِنُ and] مَمَادِحُ . (L. [See قُبْحٌ .])