حُبّ
love
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Highlights
Plural
حُبُوب
Collective
حَبّ
Most common words from the same root
حَبَّة in English
Noun · feminine
- grain
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم فِي سَبِيلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَت سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِئَةُ حَبَّةٍThose who spend their wealth in the way of God are like a grain which grows seven ears, (and) in each ear a hundred grains609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:261
- pill
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.2017 December 22, “ضبط نحو ألف حبة مخدرة بطريقها للدخول إلى واسط”, in The Baghdad Post
- cereals in the plural
Words from the root ح-ب-ب
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
حَبَّ
· present يَحِبُّ
Form I · The plain action
to love, to like; to give focus, to give attention
حَبَّبَ
· present يُحَبِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to evoke love for; to make (someone) love (something); to endear
تَحْبِيب
مُحَبِّب
مُحَبَّب
حَبَّبَ
· present يُحَبِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to produce seed, to go to seed; to bear seed, to bear grain; to granulate, to become granulated
تَحْبِيب
مُحَبِّب
مُحَبَّب
to love, to like
حُبّ
مَحَبَّة
مُحِبّ
lover
مَحْبُوب
مُحَبّ
تَحَبَّبَ
· present يَتَحَبَّبُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to show love; to endear oneself to someone; to court, woo
تَحَبُّب
مُتَحَبِّب
مُتَحَبَّب
اِسْتَحَبَّ
· present يَسْتَحِبُّ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to deem something recommendable; to prefer, to favour, to love more than
اِسْتِحْبَاب
مُسْتَحِبّ
مُسْتَحَبّ
recommendable
حَبَّة: plural and other forms
| Singular | حَبَّة |
|---|---|
| Plural | حُبُوب |
| Collective | حَبّ |
حَبَّة in a sentence
Dictionary examples
grain
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم فِي سَبِيلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَت سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِئَةُ حَبَّةٍThose who spend their wealth in the way of God are like a grain which grows seven ears, (and) in each ear a hundred grains609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:261
pill
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.2017 December 22, “ضبط نحو ألف حبة مخدرة بطريقها للدخول إلى واسط”, in The Baghdad Post
From a fully vowelled text
مِثْلُ حَبَّةِ خَرْدَل، مَتَى زُرِعَتْ فِي الأَرْضِ فَهِيَ أَصْغَرُ جَمِيعِ الْبُزُورِ الَّتِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ.It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:Mark 4:31, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
قَدَّمَ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً آخَرَ قَائِلاً: «يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ حَبَّةَ خَرْدَل أَخَذَهَا إِنْسَانٌ وَزَرَعَهَا فِي حَقْلِهِ،Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:Matthew 13:31, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَالَّذِي تَزْرَعُهُ، لَسْتَ تَزْرَعُ الْجِسْمَ الَّذِي سَوْفَ يَصِيرُ، بَلْ حَبَّةً مُجَرَّدَةً، رُبَّمَا مِنْ حِنْطَةٍ أَوْ أَحَدِ الْبَوَاقِي.And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:1 Corinthians 15:37, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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