حبة

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Arabic

Root
ح ب ب (ḥ b b)
19 terms

Pronunciation

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:
      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

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħabba

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَّة (ḥabba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħab.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-yōm
    Take three pills a day.
  4. pimple, pustule