gibah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• ghibah (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Arabic غِيبَة (ḡība, “bad-mouthing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡibah]
• Hyphenation: gi‧bah

Verb

gibah

1. to backbite, to badmouth.

   Synonyms: bergosip, bergunjing

Conjugation

Conjugation of gibah (meng-, intransitive)
Root	gibah
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / Jussive
Active	menggibah	tergibah	digibah	gibah	gibahlah
Locative	menggibahi	tergibahi	digibahi	gibahi	gibahilah
Causative / Applicative1	menggibahkan	tergibahkan	digibahkan	gibahkan	gibahkanlah
	Causative
Active	mempergibah	terpergibah	dipergibah	pergibah	pergibahlah
Locative	mempergibahi	terpergibahi	dipergibahi	pergibahi	pergibahilah
Causative / Applicative1	mempergibahkan	terpergibahkan	dipergibahkan	pergibahkan	pergibahkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• bergibah
• menggibahi
• penggibah

Further reading

• “gibah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.