حب

See also: خت, چت, چپ, and جب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħab.ba/

Verb

حَبَّ (ḥabba) I, non-past يَحِبُّ‎ (yaḥibbu) , first-person singular past حَبَبْتُ (ḥababtu)

  1. to love, to like
  2. to give focus, to give attention
Conjugation
Synonyms

Verb

حَبَّ (ḥabba) I, non-past يَحُبُّ‎ (yaḥubbu) , first-person singular past حَبُبْتُ (ḥabubtu)

  1. to be loved
Conjugation

Verb

حَبَّ (ḥabba) I, non-past يَحَبُّ‎ (yaḥabbu) , first-person singular past حَبِبْتُ (ḥabibtu)

  1. to love
Conjugation

Verb

حُبَّ (ḥubba) I, non-past يُحَبُّ‎ (yuḥabbu) , first-person singular past حُبِبْتُ (ḥubibtu)

  1. to be loved
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħubb/

Noun

حُبّ (ḥubb) m

  1. verbal noun of حَبَّ (ḥabba) (form I)
  2. love
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:20:
      وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
      watuḥibbūna l-māla ḥubban jamman
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  3. affection, attachment
Declension
Antonyms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħibb/

Noun

حِبّ (ḥibb) m (plural أَحْبَاب (ʾaḥbāb))

  1. darling, dear, dearest
Declension

Etymology 4

From the root ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħabb/

Noun

حَبّ (ḥabb) m (collective, singulative حَبَّة (ḥabba), plural حُبُوب (ḥubūb))

  1. grains, seeds
  2. grain, cereal
  3. grains, kernels
  4. granules
  5. pellets
  6. pills, pastilles
  7. berries
  8. (pathology) acne, pustules, pimples
Declension
Descendants
  • → Classical Syriac: ܚܒܐ (ḥabbā)
  • → Georgian: აბი (abi)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: heb
    Central Kurdish: حەب (ḧeb)
  • → Middle Armenian: հապ (hap)
    • Armenian: հաբ (hab) (in some dialects via Turkish)
  • → Persian: حب (hab)
    • Tajik: ҳаб (hab)
    • → Azeri: həb
    • → Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (hap)
      • Turkish: hap
      • → Bulgarian: хап (hap)
      • → Greek: χάπι (chápi)

References


Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħæbː/

Verb

حب (ħabb) (perfect, imperfect يحب (yiħibb), Verb form I)

  1. to love
    بحبك.
    Baħibbak. (to a man) / Baħibbik. (to a woman)
    I love you

Conjugation


Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حُبّ (ḥubb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħubː/, [ħo̞bː], [ħʊbː]

Noun

حُب • (ħubb) m

(plural أَحْبَاب ‎(ʼaħbāb))
  1. love
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