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قَدَحَ defame in Arabic

قَدَحَ is how you say “defame” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَظَهَرَ أَنَّ مَنْ أَنْكَرَ كَوْنَهُ رَسُولًا نَبِيًّا فَقَدْ قَدَحَ بِاللَّهِ وَنَقَصَهُ وَنَسَبَهُ إِلَى الْجَهْلِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالسَّفَهِ

It became clear that whoever denies his being a Messenger and Prophet has indeed defamed God, diminished Him, and attributed ignorance, inability, and folly to Him.

قَدَحَ he defamed

This is a plain past-tense verb meaning to slander or impugn, with its 'he' subject built in, the doer being the denier. It governs its object through the preposition that follows, setting up 'cast a slur against'.

From Signs of the Messenger in Medina

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قَالَ فَأَخَذْتُ الْقَدَحَ

He said, so I took the cup.

الْقَدَحَ the cup

The noun 'cup' made definite by 'the', the object of 'took' and so in the object form; the definiteness points to the specific cup already in the scene. It is the thing taken. The object-form ending shows it receives the action.

From Generosity to the Poor

ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلَىَّ الْقَدَحَ،

Then he hands the cup back to me.

الْقَدَحَ the cup

The noun 'cup' made definite by 'the', the object returned, in the object form; the definiteness points to the same specific cup. It receives the action of returning. The ending marks it as the object.

From Generosity to the Poor

ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ الْقَدَحَ،

Then he hands the cup back to me.

الْقَدَحَ the cup

The noun 'cup' made definite by 'the', the object returned, in the object form; it points to the same specific cup. It receives the action. The ending marks it as the object.

From Generosity to the Poor

فَأَخَذَ الْقَدَحَ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى يَدِهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَتَبَسَّمَ

Then he took the cup, placed it on his hand, looked at me, and smiled.

الْقَدَحَ the cup

The noun 'cup' made definite by 'the', the object taken, in the object form; the definiteness points to the same specific cup. It receives the action of taking. The ending marks it as the object.

From Generosity to the Poor

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