أحب

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See also: أجب, أخت, and اچت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ħab.ba/
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Verb

أَحَبَّ • (ʔaḥabba) IV, non-past يُحِبُّ‎ (yuḥibbu)

  1. to love, to like
    أُحِبُّكَ ― ʔuḥibbuka ― I love you (to a male)
    أُحِبُّكِ ― ʔuḥibbuki ― I love you (to a female)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:216:
      وَعَسَى أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَعَسَى أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَكُمْ
      waʕasā ʔan takrahū šayʔan wahuwa ḵayrun lakum waʕasā ʔan tuḥibbū šayʔan wahuwa šarrun lakum
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
أَحَبَّ
(form-IV geminate)
verbal nouns
الْمَصَادِر
ḥubb or maḥabba
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
muḥibb
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
muḥabb
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
ʔaḥbabtu
ʔaḥbabta
أَحَبَّ

ʔaḥabba
ʔaḥbabtumā
ʔaḥabbā
ʔaḥbabnā
ʔaḥbabtum
ʔaḥabbū
f
ʔaḥbabti
ʔaḥabbat
ʔaḥabbatā
ʔaḥbabtunna
ʔaḥbabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
أُحِبُّ

ʔuḥibbu
tuḥibbu
yuḥibbu
tuḥibbāni
yuḥibbāni
nuḥibbu
tuḥibbūna
yuḥibbūna
f
tuḥibbīna
tuḥibbu
tuḥibbāni
tuḥbibna
yuḥbibna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
أُحِبَّ

ʔuḥibba
tuḥibba
yuḥibba
tuḥibbā
yuḥibbā
nuḥibba
tuḥibbū
yuḥibbū
f
tuḥibbī
tuḥibba
tuḥibbā
tuḥbibna
yuḥbibna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
أُحِبَّ or أُحِبِّ or أُحْبِبْ

ʔuḥibba or ʔuḥibbi or ʔuḥbib
tuḥibba or tuḥibbi or tuḥbib
yuḥibba or yuḥibbi or yuḥbib
tuḥibbā
yuḥibbā
nuḥibba or nuḥibbi or nuḥbib
tuḥibbū
yuḥibbū
f
tuḥibbī
tuḥibba or tuḥibbi or tuḥbib
tuḥibbā
tuḥbibna
yuḥbibna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m
أَحِبَّ or أَحِبِّ or أَحْبِبْ

ʔaḥibba or ʔaḥibbi or ʔaḥbib
ʔaḥibbā
ʔaḥibbū
f
ʔaḥibbī
ʔaḥbibna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
ʔuḥbibtu
ʔuḥbibta
أُحِبَّ

ʔuḥibba
ʔuḥbibtumā
ʔuḥibbā
ʔuḥbibnā
ʔuḥbibtum
ʔuḥibbū
f
ʔuḥbibti
ʔuḥibbat
ʔuḥibbatā
ʔuḥbibtunna
ʔuḥbibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
أُحَبُّ

ʔuḥabbu
tuḥabbu
yuḥabbu
tuḥabbāni
yuḥabbāni
nuḥabbu
tuḥabbūna
yuḥabbūna
f
tuḥabbīna
tuḥabbu
tuḥabbāni
tuḥbabna
yuḥbabna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
أُحَبَّ

ʔuḥabba
tuḥabba
yuḥabba
tuḥabbā
yuḥabbā
nuḥabba
tuḥabbū
yuḥabbū
f
tuḥabbī
tuḥabba
tuḥabbā
tuḥbabna
yuḥbabna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
أُحَبَّ or أُحَبِّ or أُحْبَبْ

ʔuḥabba or ʔuḥabbi or ʔuḥbab
tuḥabba or tuḥabbi or tuḥbab
yuḥabba or yuḥabbi or yuḥbab
tuḥabbā
yuḥabbā
nuḥabba or nuḥabbi or nuḥbab
tuḥabbū
yuḥabbū
f
tuḥabbī
tuḥabba or tuḥabbi or tuḥbab
tuḥabbā
tuḥbabna
yuḥbabna
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Elative of حَبِيب (ḥabīb, “dear”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَحَبّ • (ʔaḥabb)

  1. elative degree of حَبِيب (ḥabīb):
    1. dearer; dearest, favourite
      • 1355 CE, Ibn Battuta, edited by Abd Al-Hādī At-Tāzī, رحلة ابن بطوطة المسماة تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار, volume 4, Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, published 1997, →ISBN, page 74:
        وكانت الرابعة وهي ربيبة الوزير عبد الله تسكن في دارها. وهي أحبهن إليّ.
        My fourth wife, who was the daughter-in-law of the Wazir ‘Abdallah, used to live in her own house, and she was my favourite amongst them.
        Translated by H. A. R. Gibb
    2. more agreeable; most agreeable
Declension
Declension of adjective أَحَبّ (ʔaḥabb)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular diptote singular invariable
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَحَبّ
ʔaḥabb 		الْأَحَبّ
al-ʔaḥabb 		حُبّى
ḥubbā 		الْحُبّى
al-ḥubbā
Nominative أَحَبُّ
ʔaḥabbu 		الْأَحَبُّ
al-ʔaḥabbu 		حُبّى
ḥubbā 		الْحُبّى
al-ḥubbā
Accusative أَحَبَّ
ʔaḥabba 		الْأَحَبَّ
al-ʔaḥabba 		حُبّى
ḥubbā 		الْحُبّى
al-ḥubbā
Genitive أَحَبَّ
ʔaḥabba 		الْأَحَبِّ
al-ʔaḥabbi 		حُبّى
ḥubbā 		الْحُبّى
al-ḥubbā
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَحَبَّيْن
ʔaḥabbayn 		الْأَحَبَّيْن
al-ʔaḥabbayn 		حُبَّيَيْن
ḥubbayayn 		الْحُبَّيَيْن
al-ḥubbayayn
Nominative أَحَبَّانِ
ʔaḥabbāni 		الْأَحَبَّانِ
al-ʔaḥabbāni 		حُبَّيَانِ
ḥubbayāni 		الْحُبَّيَانِ
al-ḥubbayāni
Accusative أَحَبَّيْنِ
ʔaḥabbayni 		الْأَحَبَّيْنِ
al-ʔaḥabbayni 		حُبَّيَيْنِ
ḥubbayayni 		الْحُبَّيَيْنِ
al-ḥubbayayni
Genitive أَحَبَّيْنِ
ʔaḥabbayni 		الْأَحَبَّيْنِ
al-ʔaḥabbayni 		حُبَّيَيْنِ
ḥubbayayni 		الْحُبَّيَيْنِ
al-ḥubbayayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَحَبِّين‎; أَحَابّ
ʔaḥabbīn‎; ʔaḥābb 		الْأَحَبِّين‎; الْأَحَابّ
al-ʔaḥabbīn‎; al-ʔaḥābb 		حُبَّيَات
ḥubbayāt 		الْحُبَّيَات
al-ḥubbayāt
Nominative أَحَبُّونَ‎; أَحَابُّ
ʔaḥabbūna‎; ʔaḥābbu 		الْأَحَبُّونَ‎; الْأَحَابُّ
al-ʔaḥabbūna‎; al-ʔaḥābbu 		حُبَّيَاتٌ
ḥubbayātun 		الْحُبَّيَاتُ
al-ḥubbayātu
Accusative أَحَبِّينَ‎; أَحَابَّ
ʔaḥabbīna‎; ʔaḥābba 		الْأَحَبِّينَ‎; الْأَحَابَّ
al-ʔaḥabbīna‎; al-ʔaḥābba 		حُبَّيَاتٍ
ḥubbayātin 		الْحُبَّيَاتِ
al-ḥubbayāti
Genitive أَحَبِّينَ‎; أَحَابَّ
ʔaḥabbīna‎; ʔaḥābba 		الْأَحَبِّينَ‎; الْأَحَابِّ
al-ʔaḥabbīna‎; al-ʔaḥābbi 		حُبَّيَاتٍ
ḥubbayātin 		الْحُبَّيَاتِ
al-ḥubbayāti
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أحب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Verb

أَحِبُّ • (ʔaḥibbu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَبَّ (ḥabba)

Verb

أَحِبَّ • (ʔaḥibba) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَبَّ (ḥabba)
  2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَبَّ (ḥabba)

Verb

أَحِبِّ • (ʔaḥibbi) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَبَّ (ḥabba)

Verb

أُحَبُّ • (ʔuḥabbu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَبَّ (ḥabba)

Verb

أُحَبَّ • (ʔuḥabba) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَبَّ (ḥabba)
  2. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَبَّ (ḥabba)

Verb

أُحَبِّ • (ʔuḥabbi) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَبَّ (ḥabba)
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