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See also: خت, چت, چپ, جب, and حب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ب ب (ḵ-b-b).

Verb

1. to subside, to sink in
2. to alight and abode in a depressed tract or ground, in order that one’s place might not be known (like e. g. to avoid claims upon one’s hospitability)
3. to be or become deceitful

Verb

1. to trot, to gallop easily
2. to waw, to undulate

Noun

خَبّ or خِبّ • (ḵabb or ḵibb) m (plural خُبُوب (ḵubūb))

1. deception, fraud, verbal noun of خَبَّ (ḵabba) (form I)
2. deceiver, cheater
   • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 27:69:

     لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ خِبٌّ وَلَا مَنَّانٌ وَلَا بَخِيلٌ

     lā yadḵulu l-jannata ḵibbun walā mannānun walā baḵīlun

     The cheater, the laudicenus and the miser don’t enter paradise.

3. waw, wave

Declension

Declension of noun خَبّ (ḵabb)‎; خِبّ (ḵibb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَبّ‎; خِبّ ḵabb‎; ḵibb	الْخَبّ‎; الْخِبّ al-ḵabb‎; al-ḵibb	خَبّ‎; خِبّ ḵabb‎; ḵibb
Nominative	خَبٌّ‎; خِبٌّ ḵabbun‎; ḵibbun	الْخَبُّ‎; الْخِبُّ al-ḵabbu‎; al-ḵibbu	خَبُّ‎; خِبُّ ḵabbu‎; ḵibbu
Accusative	خَبًّا‎; خِبًّا ḵabban‎; ḵibban	الْخَبَّ‎; الْخِبَّ al-ḵabba‎; al-ḵibba	خَبَّ‎; خِبَّ ḵabba‎; ḵibba
Genitive	خَبٍّ‎; خِبٍّ ḵabbin‎; ḵibbin	الْخَبِّ‎; الْخِبِّ al-ḵabbi‎; al-ḵibbi	خَبِّ‎; خِبِّ ḵabbi‎; ḵibbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَبَّيْن‎; خِبَّيْن ḵabbayn‎; ḵibbayn	الْخَبَّيْن‎; الْخِبَّيْن al-ḵabbayn‎; al-ḵibbayn	خَبَّيْ‎; خِبَّيْ ḵabbay‎; ḵibbay
Nominative	خَبَّانِ‎; خِبَّانِ ḵabbāni‎; ḵibbāni	الْخَبَّانِ‎; الْخِبَّانِ al-ḵabbāni‎; al-ḵibbāni	خَبَّا‎; خِبَّا ḵabbā‎; ḵibbā
Accusative	خَبَّيْنِ‎; خِبَّيْنِ ḵabbayni‎; ḵibbayni	الْخَبَّيْنِ‎; الْخِبَّيْنِ al-ḵabbayni‎; al-ḵibbayni	خَبَّيْ‎; خِبَّيْ ḵabbay‎; ḵibbay
Genitive	خَبَّيْنِ‎; خِبَّيْنِ ḵabbayni‎; ḵibbayni	الْخَبَّيْنِ‎; الْخِبَّيْنِ al-ḵabbayni‎; al-ḵibbayni	خَبَّيْ‎; خِبَّيْ ḵabbay‎; ḵibbay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُبُوب ḵubūb	الْخُبُوب al-ḵubūb	خُبُوب ḵubūb
Nominative	خُبُوبٌ ḵubūbun	الْخُبُوبُ al-ḵubūbu	خُبُوبُ ḵubūbu
Accusative	خُبُوبًا ḵubūban	الْخُبُوبَ al-ḵubūba	خُبُوبَ ḵubūba
Genitive	خُبُوبٍ ḵubūbin	الْخُبُوبِ al-ḵubūbi	خُبُوبِ ḵubūbi

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: խաբ (xab) (possibly)
• → Persian: خب (xab)

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Persian

Etymology

Variation of خوب (xub, “good, well, so”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭡 (xūb), from Old Persian [script needed] (*ʰuvāpa), from Proto-Iranian *HhuHā́pah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsuHápas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (“good”) +‎ *h₃épos (“work”). Compare Sogdian [script needed] (xwp).

Alternative forms

• خو (xo) (colloquiall)

Conjunction

خب • (xob)

1. so (with the result that)

Adverb

خب • (xob)

1. so (in a particular manner)
2. so (in the same manner)

Interjection

خب • (xob)

1. so, then

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَبّ (ḵabb).

Noun

خب • (xab)

1. (rare) deception, fraud

   Synonyms: فریب (farib), حیله (hile)