استحب

See also: أستحب and استحت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b)

Verb

اِسْتَحَبَّ (istaḥabba) X, non-past يَسْتَحِبُّ‎ (yastaḥibbu)

  1. to deem something recommendable
  2. to prefer, to favour, to love more than
    Synonyms: فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala), آثَرَ (ʾāṯara)
    اِسْتَحَبَّ الصَّمْتَ عَلَى الْكَلَامِ حِينَ ٱحْتَدَمَ الْجَدَلُ
    istaḥabba ṣ-ṣamta ʿalā l-kalāmi ḥīna ḥtadama l-jadalu
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Conjugation

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