حبة

Arabic

Root
ح ب ب (ḥ b b)
18 terms
FWOTD – 4 January 2018

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħab.ba/

Noun

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

  1. grain
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:261:
      مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم فِي سَبِيلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَت سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِئَةُ حَبَّةٍ
      maṯalu llaḏīna yunfiqūna ʔamwālahum fī sabīli llāhi kamaṯali ḥabbatin ʔanbatat sabʕa sanābila fī kulli sunbulatin miʔatu ḥabbatin
      Those who spend their wealth in the way of God are like a grain which grows seven ears, (and) in each ear a hundred grains
  2. pill
    • 2017 December 22, “ضبط نحو ألف حبة مخدرة بطريقها للدخول إلى واسط”, in The Baghdad Post[1]:
      اعلن مدير اعلام شرطة قيادة محافظة واسط، حسن عواد، اليوم الجمعة، ضبط شرطة المحافظة نحو الف حبة مخدرة في سيطرة اللج كانت مخفية بداخل محرك سيارة.
      The Press Director of the Police Headquarters of the Province of Wāsiṭ, Hasan ʿuwād, has announced that on Friday the police of the province has seized around a thousand narcotic pills in the control of a gap hidden in the interior of a car engine.
  3. (in the plural) cereals

Declension

Declension of noun حَبَّة (ḥabba)
collective collective triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal حَبَّة
ḥabba
الْحَبَّة
al-ḥabba
حَبَّة
ḥabbat
nominative حَبَّةٌ
ḥabbatun
الْحَبَّةُ
al-ḥabbatu
حَبَّةُ
ḥabbatu
accusative حَبَّةً
ḥabbatan
الْحَبَّةَ
al-ḥabbata
حَبَّةَ
ḥabbata
genitive حَبَّةٍ
ḥabbatin
الْحَبَّةِ
al-ḥabbati
حَبَّةِ
ḥabbati
singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal حَبَّة
ḥabba
الْحَبَّة
al-ḥabba
حَبَّة
ḥabbat
nominative حَبَّةٌ
ḥabbatun
الْحَبَّةُ
al-ḥabbatu
حَبَّةُ
ḥabbatu
accusative حَبَّةً
ḥabbatan
الْحَبَّةَ
al-ḥabbata
حَبَّةَ
ḥabbata
genitive حَبَّةٍ
ḥabbatin
الْحَبَّةِ
al-ḥabbati
حَبَّةِ
ḥabbati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal حَبَّتَيْن
ḥabbatayn
الْحَبَّتَيْن
al-ḥabbatayn
حَبَّتَيْ
ḥabbatay
nominative حَبَّتَانِ
ḥabbatāni
الْحَبَّتَانِ
al-ḥabbatāni
حَبَّتَا
ḥabbatā
accusative حَبَّتَيْنِ
ḥabbatayni
الْحَبَّتَيْنِ
al-ḥabbatayni
حَبَّتَيْ
ḥabbatay
genitive حَبَّتَيْنِ
ḥabbatayni
الْحَبَّتَيْنِ
al-ḥabbatayni
حَبَّتَيْ
ḥabbatay
paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
indefinite definite construct
informal حَبَّات
ḥabbāt
الْحَبَّات
al-ḥabbāt
حَبَّات
ḥabbāt
nominative حَبَّاتٌ
ḥabbātun
الْحَبَّاتُ
al-ḥabbātu
حَبَّاتُ
ḥabbātu
accusative حَبَّاتٍ
ḥabbātin
الْحَبَّاتِ
al-ḥabbāti
حَبَّاتِ
ḥabbāti
genitive حَبَّاتٍ
ḥabbātin
الْحَبَّاتِ
al-ḥabbāti
حَبَّاتِ
ḥabbāti
plural of variety basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal حُبُوب
ḥubūb
الْحُبُوب
al-ḥubūb
حُبُوب
ḥubūb
nominative حُبُوبٌ
ḥubūbun
الْحُبُوبُ
al-ḥubūbu
حُبُوبُ
ḥubūbu
accusative حُبُوبًا
ḥubūban
الْحُبُوبَ
al-ḥubūba
حُبُوبَ
ḥubūba
genitive حُبُوبٍ
ḥubūbin
الْحُبُوبِ
al-ḥubūbi
حُبُوبِ
ḥubūbi

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħabba

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَّة (ḥabba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħab.be/, [ˈħab.be]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Noun

حبّة • (ḥabbef (singulative, collective حبّ m (ḥabb), paucal حبّات (ḥabbāt), plural حبوب (ḥbūb))

  1. seed, grain, berry
    حبّة قمحḥabbet ʔamḥa grain of wheat
  2. measure word for small round things, fruits and vegetables
    حبّتين بطاطاḥabtēn baṭāṭatwo potatoes
  3. pill, tablet
    خد تلات حبّات باليوم.ḵod talat ḥabbāt bil-yōmTake three pills a day.
  4. pimple, pustule