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Form 1كَذَبَ33 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarكَذِبٌ

Core sense — he lied, he said what was untrue; it proved false; keep to itgenerated

1.1

— a strange form of maṣdar; according to Kz there are only fourteen instances of it, such as لَعِبٌ and ضَحِكٌ and the like, though there are many nouns of this measure.

And كِذْبٌ; according to Ibn-Es-Seed and others, this second form is made from the first by putting the second vowel of the first in place of the first.

And كَذِبَةٌ or كَذْبَةٌ, and كِذْبَهٌ, and كِذَابٌ, and كِذَّابٌ.

This last, which in the L is also assigned to كَذَبَ, is according to the S — which cites Qur 78:28 as proof — one of the maṣdars of كذّب; and Ks says that the people of El-Yemen make the maṣdar of فعّل of the measure فِعَّالٌ, while the other Arabs make it تَفْعِيلٌ.

According to some, also كُذْبٌ and كَذْبٌ; but the second of these, though it agrees with analogy, is not heard.

See also كَذِبٌ below.

He lied; he uttered a falsehood; he said what was untrue: he gave an untrue account of a thing, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

الكَذِبُ is of five kinds.

1.1.1[He will lie to you even as to the place he comes from.]يَكْذِبُكَ مِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءَ

First: the relater changes what he hears, and relates, as from others, what he does not know. This is the kind that makes a man criminal and destroys manly virtue.

Second: saying what resembles a lie, while meaning nothing but the truth. Such is meant in the tradition كَذَبَ إِبْرٰهِيمُ ثَلَاثَ كَذِبَاتٍ — Abraham said three sayings resembling lies, being truthful in all three.

Third: saying what is untrue by mistake, or unintentionally; making a mistake; erring. This meaning is frequent.

Fourth: finding one's hopes false, or vain.

Fifth: instigating, or inciting. [See illustrations of these and other meanings below; and see more under صَدَقَ.]

So in the L under مح, and in many other places, following the similar phrase لَا يَصْدُقُكَ أَثَرَهُ or أَثَرُهُ.

Lebeed says:

shāhid
اِكْذِبِ النَّفْسَ إِذَا حَدَّثْتَهَا

Lie to the soul (that is, to your own soul) when you talk to it: do not say to your soul, You will not succeed in your undertaking; for saying that will turn you away from it, or hinder you from it. A proverb.

1.1.2he was told a lie, a falsehood, or an untruthكُذِبَ

Passive.

1.1.3

Aboo-Duwád says:

shāhid
كَذَبَ العَيْرُ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَرَحْ

The wild ass has lied, although he has passed from right to left: [doing which is thought unlucky:] or, [agreeing with the explanations of كَذَبَ given below,] he has become languid, and within the sportsman's reach: or, keep to the wild ass, and hunt him. A proverb, used of a thing that is hoped for, though hard to attain.

1.1.4figurative · مجازshe was covered by the stallion, raised her tail, and then returned without conceivingكَذَبَتْ

Said of a camel; also كذّبت. So En-Nadr.

1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferred

كَذَبَ is said of things other than men [and animals]: of lightning, [meaning It gave a false promise of rain]; and of a dream, an opinion, a hope, or a desire, [meaning, in each case, It proved false].

1.1.6figurative · مجاز — inferredthe sense [i.e. the sight] of the eye deceived itكَذَبَتِ العَيْنُ
1.1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredthe judgment liedكَذَبَ الرَّأْىُ

That is, he imagined the thing to be other than it really was. [See also صَدَقَ ظَنِّى.]

1.1.8figurative · مجازyour eye showed you what had no realityكَذَبَتْكَ عَيْنُكَ
1.1.9figurative · مجازthe milk of the camel passed away, or failedكَذَبَ لَبَنُ النَّاقَةِ

Also كذّب.

1.1.10figurative · مجازhe became slack, or slow, in his paceكَذَبَ فِى سَيْرِهِ

Said of a camel; see form 2.

1.1.11figurative · مجازthe heat abatedكَذَبَ الحَرُّ
1.1.12he found his hopes to be false, or vainكَذَبَ
see how they lied against themselvesاُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ

Qur 6:24; this is the literal sense, and it is said to mean: see how their hope proved false, or vain.

on this sense See also form 2.

Qur’ān 6:24 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur vi. 24”
Qur’ān 6:24 Lane quotes this verse
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which they invented will leave them in the lurch.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.13they (the apostles) thought that they had been disappointed of the promise made to themظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا

Qur 12:110; so according to one reading.

According to another reading the verb is كُذِّبُوا, [in which case the words seem to mean, 'They knew that they had been pronounced liars' by the people to whom they were sent].

There are also two other readings, كَذَّبُوا and كَذَبُوا. According to the first, the verb refers to the people to whom the apostles were sent, and ظنّوا means 'they knew'; according to the second, the words mean, 'They (the people mentioned) thought that they (the apostles) had broken their promise.'

Qur’ān 12:110 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xii. 110”
Qur’ān 12:110 Lane quotes this verse
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا۟ جَآءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّىَ مَن نَّشَآءُ ۖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

(Respite will be granted) until, when the messengers give up hope (of their people) and (come to) think that they were treated as liars, there reaches them Our help, and those whom We will are delivered into safety. But never will be warded off our punishment from those who are in sin.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.14[The mind did not belie what he saw.]مَا كَذَبَ الفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى

Qur 53:11.

Qur’ān 53:11 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur liii. 11”
Qur’ān 53:11 Lane quotes this verse
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ

The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.15his soul lied to himكَذَبَتْهُ نَفْسُهُ

That is, his soul made him desire things, and conceive hopes, that could hardly come to pass. Hence the soul is called الكَذُوبُ.

his soul told him the truthصَذَقَتْهُ نفسه

Said in the contrary case; also الكَذُوبُ. See كَذُوبٌ and the article صدق.

1.1.16it made him active, or brisk; it animated him; it instigated him; it incited himكَذَبَ عَلَيْهِ

So used from the preceding sense; كَذَبَهُ is used in the same way.

1.1.17keep to; take toكَذَبَ

So too كَذَبَكَ and كَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ, which sometimes have the same meaning as عَلَيْكَ or اِلْزَمْ, though not always the same government.

keep to, or take to, such and such thingsكَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا
keep to meكَذَبْتُ عَلَيْكَ
keep to me (said to several)كذبتُ عَلَيْكُمْ
keep to Sunday and Thursday, or Monday and Tuesdayيَوْمُ الأَحَدِ والخَمِيسِ كَذَبَاكَ أَوْ يَوْمُ الإِثْنَيْنِ والثَّلَاثَاءِ

The noun that follows is in the nominative in the dialect of El-Yemen, and in the accusative in the dialect of Mudar; or, as some say, is correctly in the nominative only.

An extraordinary phrase.

IAar cites this verse of Khidásh Ibn-Zuheyr, in which he tauntingly compares a people to ticks:

shāhid
كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَوْ عِدُونِى وَعَلِّلُوابِىَ الأَرْضَ وَالأَقْوَامَ قِرْدَانَ مَوْظَبَا

[Keep to me: threaten me, and soothe by (the mention of) me the land and the peoples, O ticks of Mowdhab!] That is, keep to me and to satirizing me, when you are on a journey and traverse the land mentioning me.

In a tradition about the proper days for being cupped.

The verb is used in this way like a proverb, and does not vary: it is always in the past tense, connected [literally or in effect, when explained by عَلَيْكَ followed by the preposition ب, or by إِلْزَمْ] only with the person addressed, and has the sense of the imperative.

كذباك here literally means: let them make you active, or brisk, and animate you, instigate you, or incite you. [A tradition of 'Omar, quoted below, gives another instance to which this meaning is said to apply.]

1.1.18eat honeyكَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ العَسَلُ

Or كَذَبَ expresses instigation of the person addressed to keep to the thing mentioned, as in this saying of the Arabs:

But the explanation of this is: (the one who leaves) honey has erred in his account of its bad qualities, which comes to the same as saying, Eat, or keep to, honey. العَسَلُ is put for تَارِكُ العَسَلِ. [See also form 1 in the article عسل.]

keep to the performance of the pilgrimageكَذَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الحَجُّ

So the saying of 'Omar (see below); or: (the one who leaves) the pilgrimage has erred in his account of it to you, so that it means as above.

on this sense According to IAmb the noun naming the object of instigation [which may also be called its cause] cannot rightly be put in the accusative; if it is so put, the verb has no agent. [But see the remarks on the tradition of 'Omar below.]

1.1.19the performance of the pilgrimage is possible, or practicable, for youكَذَبَكَ الحَجُّ

Or in a case of this kind the verb means أَمْكَنَ.

So it amounts to: perform the pilgrimage.

1.1.20keep to itكَذَبَ العَتِيقُ

Or أَمْكَنَ is its original meaning, and the meaning intended is: keep to. So Aal.

1.1.21

'Antarah, addressing his wife 'Ableh, says — or, according to some, the poet is Khuzaz Ibn-Lowdhán:

shāhid
كَذَبَ العَتِيقُ وَمَآءُ شَنٍّ بَارِدٌإِنْ كُنْتِ سَائِلَتِى غَبُوقًا فَٱذْهَبِى

That is: Keep to the eating of dates, and to the cool water of an old worn-out skin: if you ask me for an evening drink of milk, go away; for I have kept the milk for my colt, which is profitable to me, and may preserve me and you.

العتيق is in the nominative in the dialect of El-Yemen, but in the accusative in that of Mudar.

1.1.22

Er-Radee, reading العتيقَ, cites this verse as proof that كَذَبَ, originally a verb, has become a verbal noun meaning اِلْزَمْ. But he is the only one who says it is a verbal noun.

1.1.23

Also Mo'akkir El-Bárikee says:

shāhid
وَذُبْيَانِيَّةٍ أُوْصَتْ بَنِيهَابِأَنْ كَذَبَ القَرَاطِفُ وَالقُرُوفُ

And many a woman of Dhubyán charged her sons by saying, Keep to the red garments, and the bags of leather tanned with pomegranate-bark. She charged them to take plenty of these two things as spoil from the tribe of Nemir, if they should prevail over them. So Aboo-'Obeyd El-Kásim Ibn-Selám.

1.1.24keep to those skilled in genealogyكَذَبَ النَّسَّابُونَ

كذب is also said to have the same meaning in the words of the tradition:

Or: regard is to be paid to what those skilled in genealogy say. Another meaning is given below.

1.1.25the performance of the pilgrimage is incumbent on youكَذَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الحَجُّ كَذَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ العُمْرَةُ كَذَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الجِهَادُ ثلَاثَةُ أَسْفَارٍ كَذَبْنَ عَلَيْكُمْ

It sometimes means: it is incumbent, or obligatory. So in a tradition of 'Omar:

The tradition continues: the performance of the rites called العمرة is incumbent on you; warring for the sake of religion is incumbent on you; three expeditions are incumbent on you.

Or كذب here is from كَذَبَتْهُ نَفْسُهُ — 'his soul made him desire things, and conceive hopes, that could hardly come to pass' — and the meaning is: let [the expectation of the reward that will follow] the performance of the pilgrimage make you active, or brisk, and animate you, instigate you, or incite you to the act; and so with the rest of the tradition. [But note that for لِيَكْذِبَكَ and لِيُنَشِّطَكَ and يَبْعَثَكَ in the CK we should read لِيَكْذِبْكَ, and so on.]

1.1.26

Or, as ISk says, كذب here seems to express instigation, meaning عَلَيْكُمْ بِهِ — keep to it; and it is an extraordinary word with respect to analogy.

1.1.27

According to Akh., الحجّ is in the nominative, governed by كذب, but in meaning it is in the accusative, because the sense is a command to perform the pilgrimage; as when you say أَمْكَنَكَ الصَّيْدُ ['the game has come within your reach'], meaning 'shoot it' or 'cast at it'.

Whoever puts الحجّ in the accusative, as in one relation of the tradition, makes عليك [or عليكم] a verbal noun; and in كذب is implied the pronoun that refers to الحجّ, which is the agent of the verb; or the agent is implied in كذب and explained by what follows it, so that the meaning is كَذَبَ الحَجُّ عَلَيْكُمُ الحَجَّ. Or, as shown above, كذب is a verbal noun meaning الْزَمْ, and الحجّ is in the accusative as governed by it. So Er-Radee. Its being in the accusative is, according to some, altogether unknown.

1.1.28

Or the meaning is as stated before, on the authority of ISh.

1.1.29

Or the tradition means كَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ الحَجُّ إِنْ ذُكِرَ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ كَافٍ هَادِمٍ لِمَا قَبْلَهُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ — (the one who leaves) the pilgrimage has erred in speaking to you of it as not sufficient, and as not doing away with the sins, or offences, committed before it; agreeing with IAmb's explanation given above.

1.1.30he said what was false unintentionally; he made a mistake, or errorكَذَبَ

The verb is used in this sense by the people of El-Hijáz, and the rest of the Arabs have followed them in this use.

1.2those skilled in genealogy have spoken truthكَذَبَ النَّسَّابُونَ

كَذَبَ is also said to mean: he spoke truth; so that it bears two contrary meanings.

But another explanation of this saying is given in this article.

1.3you broke windكَذَبَتْ عَفَّاقَتُكَ

And the like. So in the S under عفق.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 11
2:10
فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَرَضًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْذِبُونَ

In their hearts is a disease; and Allah has increased their disease: And grievous is the penalty they (incur), because they are false (to themselves).

6:24
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which they invented will leave them in the lurch.

12:27
وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

"But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the liar, and he is telling the truth!"

36:15
قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ

The (people) said: "Ye are only men like ourselves; and (Allah) Most Gracious sends no sort of revelation: ye do nothing but lie."

53:11
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ

The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw.

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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, aor. كَذِبَ , inf. n. كَذِبٌ (a strange form of inf. n.; there being, accord. to Kz., only fourteen instances of it; as لَعِبٌ , and ضَحِكٌ , &c.; though there are many substantives of this measure; MF) and كِذْبٌ (S, K: accord. to Ibn-Es-Seed and others, this latter is formed from the former, by putting the second vowel of the former in the place of the first: MF) and كَذِبَةٌ (L) or كَذْبَةٌ (K) and كِذْبَهٌ (L, K) and كِذَابٌ and كِذَّابٌ (K: but this last, which is also assigned to كَذَبَ in the L, is, accord. to the S, which refers, for proof, to the Kur, ch. lxxviii. 28, one of the inf. ns. of كذّب : and Ks says, that the people of El-Yemen make the inf. n. of فعّل of the measure فِعَّالٌ , while the other Arabs make it تَفْعِيلٌ : TA) and, accord. to some, كُذْبٌ and كَذْبٌ (TA: but the latter of these two, though agreeable with analogy, is unheard: TA): see also كَذِبٌ , below: [He lied; uttered a falsehood; said what was untrue:] he gave an untrue account, or relation, of a thing, whether intentionally or unintentionally. (Msb) الكَذِبُ is of five kinds. First, The relater's changing, or altering, what he hears; and his relating; as from others, what he does not know. This is the kind that renders one criminal, and destroys manly virtue. — Second, The saying what resembles a lie, not meaning anything but the truth. Such is meant in the trad., كَذَبَ إِبْرٰهِيمُ ثَلَاثَ كَذِبَاتٍ Abraham said three sayings resembling lies; he being veracious in the three. — Third, The saying what is untrue by mistake, or unintentionally; making a mistake; erring. This signification is frequent. — Fourth, The finding one's hopes false, or vain. — Fifth, The act of instigating, or inciting. (IAmb.) [See illustrations of these and other significations below; and see more voce صَدَقَ .] [You say] يَكْذِبُكَ مِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءَ [He will lie to thee even as to the place whence he comes.] (L, art. مح , and in many other places, following the similar phrase لَا يَصْدُقُكَ أَثَرَهُ , or أَثَرُهُ .) Lebeed says, 1 Lie to the soul (i. e., to thy soul,) when thou talkest to it: i. e., say not to thy soul, Thou wilt not succeed in thine enterprise; for thy doing so will divert thee, or hinder thee, therefrom. A proverb. (Meyd, &c.) اِكْذِبِ النَّفْسَ إِذَا حَدَّثْتَهَا كُذِبَ , pass., He was told a lie; a falsehood; or an untruth. (K.) Aboo-Duwád says, 1 The wild ass hath lied, although he hath passed from right to left: [the doing which is esteemed unlucky:] or, [agreeably with explanations of كَذَبَ given below,] hath become languid, and within [the sportsman's] power, or reach, &c.: or keep to the wild ass, and hunt him, &c. A proverb, applied in the case of a thing that is hoped for, though difficult of attainment. (TA.) كَذَبَ العَيْرُ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَرَحْ كَذَبَتْ and كذّبت She (a camel), being covered by the stallion, raised her tail, and then returned without conceiving. (En-Nadr, K.) كَذَبَ is said of other things than men [and animals]: as of lightning, [meaning It gave a false promise of rain]: of a dream, an opinion, a hope, and a desire, [meaning, in each of these cases, It proved false]. (TA.) So also كَذَبَتِ العَيْنُ The sense [i. e., the sight] of the eye deceived it. (TA.) كَذَبَ الرَّأْىُ [ The judgment lied]; i. e., he imagined the thing contrary to its real state. (TA.) [See also صَدَقَ ظَنِّى ] كَذَبَتْكَ عَيْنُكَ Thine eye showed thee what had no reality. (TA.) كَذَبَ لَبَنُ النَّاقَةِ , and كذّب , (the latter mentioned in the S,) The milk of the camel passed away, or failed. (Lh.) كَذَبَ فِى سَيْرِهِ [He (a camel) became slack, or slow, in his pace: see 2]. (TA.) كَذَبَ الحَرُّ The heat abated. (TA.) See also 2. كَذَبَ He found his hopes to be false, or vain. (IAmb.) اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ , [Kur vi. 24, lit., See how they lied against themselves,] is said to signify see how their hope hath proved false, or vain. (TA.) ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا , [Kur xii. 110,] They (the apostles) thought that they had been disappointed of the fulfilment of the promise made to them. So accord. to one reading. Accord. to another reading, the verb is كُذِّبُوا : [in which case, the meaning of the words appears to be, “ They knew that they had been pronounced liars ” by the people to whom they were sent]. (TA.) There are also two other readings; كَذَّبُوا and كَذَبُوا : accord. to the former, the verb refers to the people to whom the apostles were sent; and ظنّوا means “ they knew: ” accord. to the latter, the words mean, “ They (the people above mentioned) thought that they (the apostles) had broken their promise. ” (Jel.) مَا كَذَبَ الفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى [The mind did not belie what he saw.] (Kur liii. 11.) كَذَبَتْهُ نَفْسُهُ [His soul lied to him:] his soul made him to desire things, and to conceive hopes, that could scarcely come to pass. (K.) Hence the soul is called الكَذُوبُ . You say in the contr. case, صَذَقَتْهُ نفسه , and الكَذُوبُ . (TA.) See كَذُوبٌ , and art. صدق . Hence, كَذَبَ عَلَيْهِ signifies It rendered him active, or brisk; animated him; instigated him; incited him; (K;) as also كَذَبَهُ . (Z.) Hence, كَذَبَ and كَذَبَكَ and كَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ have sometimes the same signification, though not always the same government, as عَلَيْكَ , or اِلْزَمْ ; Keep to; or take to. The noun following is put in the nom. case accord. to the dial. of El-Yemen; and in the acc. accord. to the dial. of Mudar; or, as some say, is correctly put in the nom. only. (TA.) You say, كَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا , meaning Keep to, or take to, such and such things. It is an extr. phrase. (ISk.) You also say, كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْكَ , meaning Keep thou to me: and كذبتُ عَلَيْكُمْ Keep ye to me. IAar. cites the following verse of Khidásh Ibn-Zuheyr, [in which he tauntingly compares a people to ticks]: 1 [Keep ye to me: threaten me, and soothe by (the mention of) me the land and the peoples, O ticks of Mowdhab!]: meaning Keep ye to me, and to satirizing me, when ye are on a journey, and traverse the land mentioning me. (TA.) In like manner, يَوْمُ الأَحَدِ والخَمِيسِ كَذَبَاكَ أَوْ يَوْمُ الإِثْنَيْنِ والثَّلَاثَاءِ , in a trad. respecting the proper days for being cupped, signifies Keep thou to Sunday and Thursday, or Monday and Tuesday. (IAth, Z.) The verb is thus used after the manner of a proverb, and is invariable [as to tense], being constantly in the pret. tense, connected [literally or virtually, when explained by عَلَيْكَ followed by the prep. ب , or by إِلْزَمْ ,] only with the person addressed, and in the sense of the imperative. كذباك here [lit.] signifies Let them render thee active, or brisk, and animate thee, instigate thee, or incite thee. (Z.). [A trad. of 'Omar, quoted below, presents another instance to which this signification is said to apply.] كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَوْ عِدُونِى وَعَلِّلُوا | بِىَ الأَرْضَ وَالأَقْوَامَ قِرْدَانَ مَوْظَبَا Or كَذَبَ denotes instigation, or incitement, of the person addressed, to keep to the thing that is mentioned; as in the saying of the Arabs, كَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ العَسَلُ , meaning Eat thou honey: but the explanation of this is, (The relinquisher of) honey hath erred [to thee; i. e., in his representation of its evil qualites &c.; which is equivalent to saying, Eat, or keep to, honey]: العَسَلُ being put for تَارِكُ العَسَلِ . [See also 1 in art. عسل .] In like manner, the saying of 'Omar, كَذَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الحَجُّ &c., (see below,) signifies Keep ye to the performance of the pilgrimage, &c.: [or (the relinquisher of) the pilgrimage hath erred to thee in his representation of it: therefore it means as above]. (IAmb.) Accord. to IAmb the noun signifying the object of instigation [which may also be called the cause thereof] cannot be rightly put in the acc. case: if so put, the verb is without an agent. (TA.) [But see what is said on this point in the remarks on the trad. of 'Omar below.] Or the verb in a case of this kind signifies أَمْكَنَ : thus, كَذَبَكَ الحَجُّ signifies The performance of the pilgrimage is possible, or practicable, to thee: therefore [it means] Perform thou the pilgrimage. (ISh.) Or أَمْكَنَ is its original signification; and the meaning intended is Keep to; as in the ex. كَذَبَ العَتِيقُ . (Aal.) 'Antarah, addressing his wife 'Ableh, says; or, accord. to some, the poet is Khuzaz Ibn-Lowdhán; 1 (TA.) i. e., Keep thou to the eating of dates, and to the cool water of an old, worn-out, skin: if thou ask me for an evening's drink of milk, depart: for I have appropriated the milk to my colt, which is profitable to me, and may preserve me and thee: (L:) العتيق is in the nom. case accord. to the dial. of El-Yemen: but in the acc. accord. to that of Mudar. (TA.) كَذَبَ العَتِيقُ وَمَآءُ شَنٍّ بَارِدٌ | إِنْ كُنْتِ سَائِلَتِى غَبُوقًا فَٱذْهَبِى Er-Radee [reading العتيقَ ] cites this verse as a proof that كَذَبَ , originally a verb, has become a verbal noun, signifying اِلْزَمْ . (TA.) But he is the only one who asserts it to be a verbal noun. (MF.) Also, Mo'akkir El-Bárikee says, 1 And many a woman of Dhubyán charged her sons by [saying], Keep to the red garments ( اكسية ), and the bags (or receptacles) of leather tanned with pomegranate-bark. She charged them to take plenty of these two things as spoil from the tribe of Nemir, if they should prevail over them. (Aboo-'Obeyd El-Kásim Ibn-Selám.) وَذُبْيَانِيَّةٍ أُوْصَتْ بَنِيهَا | بِأَنْ كَذَبَ القَرَاطِفُ وَالقُرُوفُ كذب is also said to have the same meaning in the words of the trad. كَذَبَ النَّسَّابُونَ [Keep to those skilled in genealogy:] or Regard is to be had to what is said by those skilled in genealogy: another meaning to which is assigned below. (TA.) It sometimes signifies It is incumbent, or obligatory. So in the following: (a trad. of 'Omar: TA:) كَذَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الحَجُّ كَذَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ العُمْرَةُ كَذَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الجِهَادُ ثلَاثَةُ أَسْفَارٍ كَذَبْنَ عَلَيْكُمْ [The performance of the pilgrimage is incumbent on you: the performance of (the rites called) العمرة is incumbent on you: warring (for the sake of religion) is incumbent on you: three expeditions are incumbent on you]: (S, * K:) or كذب , here, is from كَذَبَتْهُ نَفْسُهُ , “ his soul made him to desire things, and to conceive hopes, that could scarcely come to pass; ” and the meaning is let [the expectation of the reward which will follow] the performance of the pilgrimage render thee active, or brisk, and animate thee, instigate thee, or incite thee, to the act: [and so of the rest of the trad.: but here I should observe, that, for لِيَكْذِبَكَ and لِيُنَشِّطَكَ and يَبْعَثَكَ , in the CK, we should read لِيَكْذِبْكَ &c.:] (K:) or, as ISk says, كذب , here, seems to denote instigation, or incitement, meaning عَلَيْكُمْ بِهِ keep ye to it; and is an extr. word with respect to analogy: (S:) accord. to Akh., الحجّ is governed in the nom. case by كذب ; but as to the meaning, it is in the acc.; because the meaning is a command to perform the pilgrimage; as when you say, أَمْكَنَكَ الصَّيْدُ [“ the game hath become within thy power, or reach ”], meaning “ shoot it, ” or “ cast at it: ” (S:) he who puts الحجّ in the acc. case, [agreeably with one relation of the trad., TA,] makes عليك [or عليكم ] a verbal noun; and in كذب is [implied] the pronoun which refers to الحجّ [and which is the agent of the verb]; (K;) or the agent is implied in كذب , and explained by what follows it; (Sb;) [so that] the meaning is كَذَبَ الحَجُّ عَلَيْكُمُ الحَجَّ : (Z:) or, [as shown above,] كذب is a verbal n., meaning الْزَمْ , and الحجّ is in the acc. case as governed by it: (Er-Radee:) though its being in the acc. case, accord. to some, is altogether unknown: (TA:) [or the meaning is as stated before on the authority of ISh.:] or the trad. means كَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ الحَجُّ إِنْ ذُكِرَ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ كَافٍ هَادِمٍ لِمَا قَبْلَهُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ [(the relinguisher of) the pilgrimage hath erred to thee if it have been spoken of (by him) as not sufficient, (and as not) abolishing the sins, or offences, (committed) before it: agreeably with the explanation by IAmb, given above]. (K.) كَذَبَ He said what was false unintentionally; committed a mistake, or error. The verb is used in this sense by the people of El-Hijáz, and the rest of the Arabs have followed them in so using it. (Towsheeh.) كَذَبَ is also said to signify He spoke truth; so as to bear two contr. meanings: and thus, كَذَبَ النَّسَّابُونَ may signify Those skilled in genealogy have spoken truth: but another explanation of this saying is given in this art. (MF, &c.) كَذَبَتْ عَفَّاقَتُكَ [and the like] Thou brokest wind. (S in art. عفق .)
Form 2كذّبه9 senses · 3 main
maṣdarتَكْذِيبٌ

Core sense — he made him out a liar, he gave him the lie; he rejected it as falsegenerated

2.1

and also كِذَّابٌ, and تَكْذِبَةٌ [like تَجْرِبَةٌ and the like], which occurs under لَهَبَةٌ and elsewhere.

He made, or pronounced, him a liar, an utterer of falsehood, a sayer of what was untrue; he attributed lying or untruth to him; he accused him of lying, and gave him the lie, saying to him, 'You have lied.'

See also form 4.

2.1.1he rejected, denied, disbelieved in, or discredited the thingكذّب بِالأَمْرِ

Maṣdar تَكْذِيبٌ and كِذَّابٌ (this second maṣdar of the dialect of El-Yemen — Ks) and كِذَابٌ.

Synonymous with أَنْكَرَهُ, as also are كذّبهُ and كَذَبَهُ.

and they rejected our signs, with rejectionوَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

Qur 78:28.

For كَذَّبَ الفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى and كَذَبَ, see the article فأد, and see form 1.

2.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe repelled from him, [or defended him]كذّب عَنْهُ

Said of a man; synonymous with رَدَّ عَنْهُ. [See examples under عوّى in the article عو.]

2.2figurative · مجازhe charged, and was not cowardly, and did not retreatحَمَلَ فَمَا كَذّب

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he charged, and then was cowardly, or did not charge in earnestحَمَلَ ثُمَّ كذّب
2.2.1he charged, and then retreated from his adversaryكذّب عَنَ قِرْنِهِ
he was cowardly in fightكذّب القِتَالَ

Or: he falsified the opinion formed of him; or he made a false charge.

التَّكْذِيبُ in fighting is the opposite of الصِّدْقُ.

2.2.2he slackened his pace, or became slow, after promising to be quickكذّب السَّيْرَ

He did not travel on with energy.

2.2.3figurative · مجازhe did not delay to do soمَا كَذَّبَ أَنْ فَعَلَ كَذَا

He was not cowardly and weak, and did not delay to do so.

So in the TA and in a manuscript copy of the K; in the CK, and in two copies of the S, مَا كَذَبَ.

2.3figurative · مجازhe held back, or drew back through fear, from a thing he had wanted to doكذّب عَنْ أَمْرٍ قَدْ أَرَادَهُ
2.3.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe took a run, and then stopped to see whether he was being pursuedكذّب

Said of a wild beast; also كَذَبَ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2 5 shown of 163
54:23
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.

75:32
وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!

79:21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

92:9
وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

And gives the lie to the best,-

92:16
ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Who give the lie to Truth and turn their backs.

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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, inf. n. تَكْذِيبٌ , (and كِذَّابٌ , TA, and تَكْذِبَةٌ [like تَجْرِبَةٌ &c.], occurring in the TA, voce لَهَبَةٌ , &c.) He made, or pronounced, him a liar; an utterer of falsehood; or a sayer of what was untrue: (K:) he attributed, or ascribed, to him lying, untruth, mendacity, or the speaking untruth: (Msb:) and (Msb) [accused him of lying:] he gave him the lie; said to him, “ Thou hast lied, ” &c. (S, Msb.) See also 4. كذّب بِالأَمْرِ , inf. n. تَكْذِيبٌ and كِذَّابٌ (K: the latter inf. n. of the dial. of El-Yemen: Ks, Fr) and كِذَابٌ , (TA,) He rejected, disallowed, denied, disacknowledged, disbelieved in, or discredited, the thing; syn. أَنْكَرَهُ ; (K;) as also كذّبهُ , and كَذَبَهُ . (Jel, liii. 11.) Ex. وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا [And they rejected our signs, with rejection: Kur, lxxviii. 28]. (S.) And كَذَّبَ الفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى , and كَذَبَ : see art. فأد , and see 1. كذّب عَنْهُ He repelled from him, [or defended him]; syn. رَدَّ عَنْهُ ; namely, a man. (K.) [See exs. voce عوّى , in art. عو .] حَمَلَ فَمَا كَذّب , inf. n. تَكْذِيبٌ , He charged, and was not cowardly, (S, K,) and did not retreat. (TA.) حَمَلَ ثُمَّ كذّب He charge, and then was cowardly, or did not charge with earnestness, or sincerity: (S:) or falsified the opinion formed of him: or made a false charge. (A.) كذّب عَنَ قِرْنِهِ He charged, and then retreated from his adversary. (Sh.) كذّب القِتَالَ He was cowardly in fight. التَّكْذِيبُ in fighting is the contr. of الصِّدْقُ . (TA.) كذّب السَّيْرَ [He slackened his pace, or became slow, after giving promise of being quick;] he did not proceed in his journey with energy. (TA.) مَا كَذَّبَ أَنْ فَعَلَ كَذَا (so in the TA, and in a MS. copy of the K: in the CK, and in two copies of the S, مَا كَذَبَ :) He did not delay to do so: (S, K:) he was not cowardly and weak, and did not delay to do so. (TA.) كذّب عَنْ أَمْرٍ قَدْ أَرَادَهُ He abstained, or desisted, or drew back by reason of fear, from a thing that he had desired to do. (K.) كذّب (and كَذَبَ , TA,) He (a wild beast) took a run, and then stopped to see what was behind him, (K,) whether he were pursued or not. (TA.)
Form 3كَاذَبْتُهُ1 sense
maṣdarمُكَاذَبَةٌ

Core sense — I lied to him, and he to megenerated

3.1

Maṣdar مُكَاذَبَةٌ and كِذَابٌ.

I lied to him, and he to me.

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, inf. n. مُكَاذَبَةٌ and كِذَابٌ , I lied, &c., to him, and he to me. (K, * TA.)
Form 4اكذبهُ2 senses
maṣdarإِكْذَابٌ

Core sense — he found him a liar, he told him he had liedgenerated

4.1

He found him a liar, an utterer of falsehood, a sayer of what was untrue; or he said to him, 'You have lied.'

Or this verb has the first of these two meanings, and كذّبه the second.

Or اكذبه means he showed him that he had told a lie.

Or اكذبه means he announced that he had told a lie, and كذّبه means he announced his being a liar.

Or اكذبه and كذّبه are synonymous; but the former sometimes means he incited, urged, or induced him to lie (a meaning given in the K), and sometimes he made his lying manifest, or proved it (also given in the K), and he found him a liar.

4.2figurative · مجازhe, being called to or shouted to, kept silent, pretending to be asleepاكذب

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He found him a liar; an utterer of falsehood; or a sayer of what was untrue: (S, K:) or he said to him, “ Thou hast lied ”: &c.: (TA:) or this verb bears the former of these two significations, and كذّبه signifies the latter: (S:) or اكذبه signifies he shewed him that he had told a lie, &c.: (Zj:) or اكذبه signifies he announced that he had told, or related, a lie, &c.: and كذّبه , he announced his being a liar, &c.: (Ks, S:) or اكذبه and كذّبه are syn.: but the former sometimes signifies he incited, urged, or induced, him to lie, &c. (a signification assigned to it in the K): and sometimes, he made manifest, or proved, his lying, &c. (a signification also assigned to it in the K): and he found him a liar, &c. (Th, S, * TA.) اكذب , inf. n. إِكْذَابٌ , He, being called to, or shouted to, remained silent, feigning to be asleep. (AA, K.)
Form 5تكدّب2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he lied, he lied purposely; he asserted him to be a liargenerated

5.1

He affected lying; or he lied on purpose.

He told a lie; [like كَذَب.]

[See also an instance in which it is transitive, meaning He spoke falsely, under تزعّم.]

5.1.1he asserted that he was a liarتكذّبهُ

Also تكذّب عَلَيْهِ.

Aboo-Bekr Es-Siddeek says:

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رَسُولٌ أَتَاهُمْ صَادِقًا فَتَكَذَّبُواعَلَيْهِ وَقَالُوا لَسْتَ فِينَا بِمَا كِثِ

[An apostle came to them, speaking truth; but they brought a charge of lying against him, or asserted him to be a liar, and said, You shall not stay among us.]

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He affected lying: or he lied purposely ( تَكَلَّفَ الكَذِبَ ). (S, K.) He told a lie; [like كَذَب .] (MA, KL.) [See also an instance in which it is trans., meaning He spoke falsely, voce تزعّم .] تكذّبهُ , (K,) and تكذّب عَلَيْهِ , (TA,) He asserted that he was a liar. (K.) Aboo-Bekr Es-Siddeek says, 1 [An apostle came to them, speaking truth; but they brought a charge of lying against him, or asserted him to be a liar, and said, Thou shalt not stay among us]. (TA.) رَسُولٌ أَتَاهُمْ صَادِقًا فَتَكَذَّبُوا | عَلَيْهِ وَقَالُوا لَسْتَ فِينَا بِمَا كِثِ
Form 6تكاذبوا1 sense

Core sense — they lied to one anothergenerated

6.1

They lied to one another.

See also تَصَادَقَا.

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They lied, &c., one to another. (S.) See also تَصَادَقَا .

Derived nouns 18

Nounكَذْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lie, a falsehood, an untruthgenerated

1

This word, and كَذِبٌ and كَذَبٌ and كُذْبٌ, mean the same as كَدْبٌ and the like. So in the K under كدب.

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and كَذِبٌ and كَذَبٌ and كُذْبٌ i. q. كَدْبٌ &c. (K, art. كدب .)
Nounكَذِبٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a lie, a falsehood, an untruth; the act of lyinggenerated

1

This word, and أُكْذُوبَةٌ [plural أَكَاذِيبُ] and كُذْبَى and مَكْذُوبٌ — this last a passive ism mafʿūl used in the sense of a maṣdar, as is said to happen in only four other instances — and مَكْذُوبَةٌ — a feminine passive ism mafʿūl, less used in this way than a masculine one, or perhaps a maṣdar, as its opposite مَصْدُوقَةٌ is said to be — and مَكْذَبَةٌ, a maṣdar with mīm agreeing with analogy, and مُكْذُبَةٌ (in the CK; omitted in a manuscript copy and in the TA) and كَاذِبَةٌ and كُذْبَانٌ and كُذَّابٌ and تَكْذَابٌ, are synonymous.

[All of these are regarded by some as maṣdars, meaning the act of lying, uttering a falsehood, or saying what is untrue; by others, all but the first seem to be regarded as simple nouns, meaning a lie, a falsehood, an untruth, a fiction, a fable; and the first, being a maṣdar, is often used as a noun.]

1.1No lying, or lie, is attributable to the sons of Numeyrنُمَيْرٍ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَكْذُوبَةٌ إِنَّ بَنِى

Related as a phrase of the Arabs.

1.2No falsity is attributable to the valour of the sons of such a oneلَيْسَ لِحَدِّهِمٌ مَكْذُوبَةٌ إِنَّ بَنِى فُلَانٍ

That is, كَذِبٌ.

1.3there shall be no rejecting its happening [as a falsity]لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

Qur 56:2.

كاذبة is here a maṣdar; or كاذبة is here a noun put in the place of a maṣdar, like عَاقِبَةٌ and عَافِيةٌ and بَاقِيَةٌ.

Qur’ān 56:2 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur lvi. 2”
Qur’ān 56:2 Lane quotes this verse
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.4I do not accuse you of lying; I do not make you a liarلَا مُكْذَبَةَ

Also لا كُذْبَى and لا كُذْبَانَ.

In the same way لَا كُذْبَ لَكَ and لا كُذْبَى لَكَ mean لا تَكْذِيبَ — there is no accusing you of lying, or making you a liar. So Lb.

1.5[The lies of poetry]تَكَاذِيبُ الشِّعْرِ
1.6They brought, upon his shirt, false bloodجَاؤُوا عَلَى قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ

Qur 12:18.

كذب here means مَكْذُوبٍ (Fr and Abu-l-'Abbás); or it stands for ذِى كَذِبٍ, meaning مَكْذُوبٍ فِيهِ; or the blood is called كذب because Jacob was told a lie by it.

See another reading in the article كدب.

Qur’ān 12:18 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xii. 18”
Qur’ān 12:18 Lane quotes this verse
وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay, but your minds have made up a tale (that may pass) with you, (for me) patience is most fitting: Against that which ye assert, it is Allah (alone) Whose help can be sought"..Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences كَذِب 5 shown of 31
3:94
فَمَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

If any, after this, invent a lie and attribute it to Allah, they are indeed unjust wrong-doers.

4:50
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦٓ إِثْمًا مُّبِينًا

Behold! how they invent a lie against Allah! but that by itself is a manifest sin!

10:69
قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ

Say: "Those who invent a lie against Allah will never prosper."

23:38
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

"He is only a man who invents a lie against Allah, but we are not the ones to believe in him!"

72:5
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا

'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against Allah.

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and أُكْذُوبَةٌ [pl. أَكَاذِيبُ ] (S, K) and كُذْبَى and مَكْذُوبٌ (K: this last a pass. part. n. used in the sense of an inf. n., as is said to be done in only four other instances: MF) and مَكْذُوبَةٌ (S, K: a fem. pass. part. n. which is less used in this manner than a masc.: TA [or perhaps an inf. n., as its contr. مَصْدُوقَةٌ is said to be:]) and مَكْذَبَةٌ (K: a meemee inf. n. agreeable with analogy: TA) and مُكْذُبَةٌ (CK: omitted in a MS. copy, and in the TA) and كَاذِبَةٌ (S, K) and كُذْبَانٌ and كُذَّابٌ (K) and تَكْذَابٌ (L, art. مسح ,) are synonymous: (S, K) [all of these are regarded by some as inf. ns., signifying The act of lying; uttering a falsehood; or saying what is untrue: by others, all but the first seem to be regarded as simple substantives, signifying a lie; a falsehood; an untruth; a fiction; a fable: and the first, being an inf. n., is often used as a subst.] نُمَيْرٍ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَكْذُوبَةٌ إِنَّ بَنِى [Verily no lying, or lie, is attributable to the sons of Numeyr] is related as a phrase of the Arabs. (Fr.) لَيْسَ لِحَدِّهِمٌ مَكْذُوبَةٌ إِنَّ بَنِى فُلَانٍ ; i. e., كَذِبٌ ; [Verily no falsity is attributable to the valour of the sons of such a one]. (S.) لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ [Kur lvi. 2,] signifies There shall be no rejecting its happening [as a falsity]: كاذبة being here an inf. n.: (Fr) or كاذبة is here a subst. put in the place of an inf. n., like عَاقِبَةٌ and عَافِيةٌ and بَاقِيَةٌ . (S.) لَا مُكْذَبَةَ , and لا كُذْبَى , and لا كُذْبَانَ , I do not accuse thee of lying; or make thee a liar: (TA:) [and in like manner] لَا كُذْبَ لَكَ , and لا كُذْبَى لَكَ , signify لا تَكْذِيبَ There is no accusing thee of lying; or making thee a liar. (Lb.) تَكَاذِيبُ الشِّعْرِ [The lies of poetry]. (TA.) جَاؤُوا عَلَى قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ , [Kur xii. 18, They brought, upon his shirt, false blood]: كذب here means مَكْذُوبٍ : (Fr and Abu-l- 'Abbás:) or is for ذِى كَذِبٍ , meaning مَكْذُوبٍ فِيهِ : (Zj:) or the blood is termed كذب because he (Jacob) was told a lie thereby. (Akh.) See another reading in art. كدب .
Nounكُذْبَى1 sense

Core sense — a lie, a falsehood, an untruthgenerated

1

See كَذِبٌ.

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Nounكَذْبَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lie, a falsehood, an untruthgenerated

1

See كَاذِبٌ.

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Nounكُذْبَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lie, a falsehood, an untruthgenerated

1

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Nounالكَذُوبُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a name of the soulgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

This word and الكَذُوبَةُ are names of the soul.

See form 1.

1.1[The soul (that is, his soul) told him truth]صَدَقَتْهُ الكَدُوبُ

That is, the soul diverted him, or held him back, from an undertaking, making him imagine he was unable to carry it through.

This is said of a man who threatens another, and then belies himself, and is cowardly and weak.

Fr cites this hemistich:

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حَتَّى إِذَا مَا صَدَقَتْهُ كُذُبُهْ

Until, when his souls told him the truth, or diverted him; the poet gives several souls to the person spoken of because the soul has several opinions.

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and الكَذُوبَةُ Names of the soul. (AZ, K.) See 1. صَدَقَتْهُ الكَدُوبُ , [The soul (i. e. his soul) told him truth:] the soul diverted him, or hindered him, or held him back, from an undertaking, causing him to imagine himself unable to prosecute it. (TA.) One says so of a man who threatens another, and then belies himself, and is cowardly and weak. (AA.) Fr cites this hemistich: 1 Until, when his souls told him the truth, or diverted him, &c.: the poet assigning souls to the person spoken of because of the several opinions of the soul. (TA.) حَتَّى إِذَا مَا صَدَقَتْهُ كُذُبُهْ
Nounكَذَّابٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who lies much, a great liargenerated

1

See كَاذِبٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences كَذَّاب 1 shown of 5
54:26
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ

Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!

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Nounكُذَّابٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who lies much, a great liargenerated

1

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Nounكَذَّابَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a figured cloth stuck beneath the ceiling of a chambergenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

A piece of cloth that is dyed of various colours, or figured as though it were embroidered, and stuck to the ceiling of a room.

So called because one would imagine that what is figured is upon the ceiling, whereas it is upon a piece of cloth below the ceiling.

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A piece of cloth that is dyed of various colours, or figured, as though it were embroidered, and stuck to the ceiling of a chamber: so called because one would imagine that it [meaning what is figured] is upon the ceiling, whereas it is upon a piece of cloth beneath the ceiling. (A, L.)
Nounكَاذِبٌ8 senses · 2 main

Core sense — lying, a liar; lying much, a habitual liargenerated

1

This word, and كَذَّابٌ (feminine with ة) and كَذُوبٌ and كُذَبَةٌ and كَذُوبَةٌ and تِكِذَّابٌ and كَذْبَانٌ and كَيْذُبَانٌ and كَيْذَبَانٌ and مَكْذَبَانٌ and مَكْذَبَانَةٌ and كُذُبْذُبٌ and كُذُّبْذُبٌ (neither of these last two words has its like in measure) and كُذُبْذُبَانٌ are adjectives applied to a man, from كَذَبَ, 'he lied': [the first a simple adjective, meaning lying, or a liar; each of the others an intensive adjective, meaning lying much, mendacious, or a great or habitual liar].

Plural of the first word [كَاذِبُونَ and] كُذَّبٌ; and of the third, كُذُبٌ; or, according to some, this last is the plural of كَاذِبٌ, contrary to analogy, or the plural of كِذَابٌ, which is a maṣdar used as an intensive adjective.

1.1

See كَذِبٌ.

1.2[By] a forelock whose owner is a liarنَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ

In Qur 96:16; that is, ناصيةٍ كاذبةٍ صَاحِبُهَا.

Lane cites “Kur xcvi. 16” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped
1.3a dream that the dreamer finds to be false, or vainرُؤْيَا كَذُوبٌ

Of the same kind as the preceding; meaning رؤيا صَاحِبُهَا كَاذِبٌ.

[See also a verse cited under خَيَالٌ.]

1.4The habitual liar speaks truth in some few instancesإِنَّ الكَذُوبَ قَدْ يَصْدُقُ

A proverb.

1.5figurative · مجازa she-camel that, being covered by the stallion, raises her tail and then returns without conceivingنَاقَةٌ كَاذِبٌ

Also مُكَذِّبٌ. So En-Nadr.

1.6figurative · مجازa charge that is followed up with cowardice and retreatingحَمْلَةٌ كَاذِبَةٌ

Also مَكْذُوبَةٌ, [and لَهَا? ].

2

الكَذَّابَانِ is an adjective applied to Museylimeh El-Hanafee and El-Aswad El-'Ansee. [Each of them is called الكذّاب.]

Qur’ānic occurrences كَٰذِب 5 shown of 32
12:74
قَالُوا۟ فَمَا جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُمْ كَـٰذِبِينَ

(The Egyptians) said: "What then shall be the penalty of this, if ye are (proved) to have lied?"

26:223
يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَـٰذِبُونَ

(Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars.

37:152
وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

"Allah has begotten children"? but they are liars!

56:2
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.

96:16
نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

A lying, sinful forelock!

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and كَذَّابٌ (fem. with ة , TA,) and كَذُوبٌ and كُذَبَةٌ (S, K) and كَذُوبَةٌ and تِكِذَّابٌ (like تِصِدَّاقٌ , TA) and كَذْبَانٌ (K) and كَيْذُبَانٌ (S, K) and كَيْذَبَانٌ (Az, K) and مَكْذَبَانٌ and مَكْذَبَانَةٌ and كُذُبْذُبٌ and كُذُّبْذُبٌ (S, K; neither of which last two words has its like in measure, IJ) and كُذُبْذُبَانٌ (K) epithets, applied to a man, from كَذَبَ “ he lied, &c.: ” (S, K, &c.:) [the first word a simple epithet, signifying Lying, &c.; or a liar: each of the others an intensive epithet, signifying Lying, &c., much; mendacious; or a great, or habitual, liar]. Pl. of the first word [ كَاذِبُونَ and] كُذَّبٌ ; and of the third, كُذُبٌ : (S:) or, accord. to some, the last is pl. of كَاذِبٌ , contr. to analogy; or pl. of كِذَابٌ , which is an inf. n. used as an intensive epithet. (MF.) See كَذِبٌ نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ , [in the Kur xcvi. 16,] signifies ناصيةٍ كاذبةٍ صَاحِبُهَا [By] a forelock whose owner is a liar. (TA.) Of the same kind is the expression رُؤْيَا كَذُوبٌ , meaning رؤيا صَاحِبُهَا كَاذِبٌ [A dream whereof the dreamer finds it to be false, or vain; i. e. a false, or vain, dream]. (TA.) [See also a verse cited voce خَيَالٌ .] إِنَّ الكَذُوبَ قَدْ يَصْدُقُ [Verily the habitual liar in some few instances speaks truth]. A proverb. (TA.) نَاقَةٌ كَاذِبٌ , and مُكَذِّبٌ , A she-camel that, being covered by the stallion, raises her tail, and then returns without conceiving. (En-Nadr, K.) حَمْلَةٌ كَاذِبَةٌ , and مَكْذُوبَةٌ [ لَهَا ? (see مَصْدُوقَةٌ ),] A charge that is followed up with cowardice and retreating. (TA.) الكَذَّابَانِ An epithet applied to Museylimeh El-Hanafee and El-Aswad El-'Ansee. (K.) [Each of them is called الكذّاب .]
Nounأَكْذَبُ1 sense

Core sense — more lying, most lying; more mendaciousgenerated

1

[More, or most, lying, or mendacious.]

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Nounأُكْذُوبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lie, a falsehood, an untruthgenerated

1

See كَذِبٌ.

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Nounتَكْذَابٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lie, a falsehood; the act of lyinggenerated

1

This word and تَكَاذِيبُ: see كَذِبٌ.

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Nounمَكْذَبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lie, a falsehood, an untruthgenerated

1

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Nounمُكْذُبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lie, a falsehood, an untruthgenerated

1

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Nounمَكْذُوبٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one to whom a lie is told; a false sayinggenerated

1

See كَذِبٌ.

1.1

[One to whom a lie, falsehood, or untruth, is told: see كُذِبَ.]

For example:

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كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ بِطَوَالِ العَيْشِ مَكْذُوبُ

Every man, as to length of life, is lied to [by his own soul]. A proverb.

1.2a false saying, or lieقَوْلٌ مَكْذُوبٌ

Originally مَكْذُوبٌ فِيهِ; literally, a saying in which a falsehood, or lie, is told.

So in the M under مَقْتُوتٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences مَكْذُوب
11:65
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَـٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ

But they did ham-string her. So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days: (Then will be your ruin): (Behold) there a promise not to be belied!"

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: see كَذِبٌ [One to whom a lie, falsehood, or untruth, is told: see كُذِبَ .] Ex. 1 Every man, in respect of the length of life, is lied to [by his own soul]. A proverb. (Meyd, &c.) كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ بِطَوَالِ العَيْشِ مَكْذُوبُ قَوْلٌ مَكْذُوبٌ [originally مَكْذُوبٌ فِيهِ ] A false saying, or lie; [lit.] a saying in which a falsehood, or lie, is told. (M, TA, voce مَقْتُوتٌ .)
Nounمَكْذُوبَةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a woman to whom a lie is told; a weak woman; a virtuous womangenerated

1

See كَذِبٌ.

2

A weak woman.

2.1

A virtuous woman.

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: see كَذِبٌ . A weak woman. (IAar, K.) A virtuous woman. (TA.)
Nounمَكَاذِبُ1 sense

Core sense — lies, falsehoods, untruthsgenerated

1

Lies, falsehoods, or untruths; said to be a word that has no proper singular; or it is the plural of كَذِبٌ, contrary to analogy; or its singular is مَكْذَبٌ, as is said of مَحَاسِنُ and مَذَاكِرُ and the like.

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[signifying lies, falsehoods, or untruths,] is said to be a word that has no proper sing.: or it is pl. of كَذِبٌ , contr. to analogy: or its sing. is مَكْذَبٌ : like as is said of مَحَاسِنُ and مَذَاكِرُ &c. (MF.)