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عبث

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Arabic

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Root
ع ب ث (ʕ b ṯ)
3 terms

Verb

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عَبِثَ (ʕabiṯa) I (non-past يَعْبَثُ (yaʕbaṯu), verbal noun عَبَث (ʕabaṯ))

  1. to play, to dally

Conjugation

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Noun

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عَبَث (ʕabaṯm

  1. verbal noun of عَبِثَ (ʕabiṯa) (form I)
  2. uselessness
    عَبَثًاʕabaṯanfor no purpose, in play, for nothing

Declension

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References

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَبَث (ʕabaṯ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? aḇas
Dari reading? abas
Iranian reading? abas
Tajik reading? abas

Noun

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عبث (abas)

  1. absurdity, nonsense

Adjective

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عبث (abas)

  1. in vain, futile, pointless

Further reading

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عبث”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim