هباء

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Arabic

Root
ه ب و (h b w)
1 term

Pronunciation

Noun

هَبَاء (habāʔm (plural أَهْبَاء (ʔahbāʔ))

  1. fine dust, particulate matter
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:4-6:
      إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُّنْبَثًّا
      ʔiḏā rujjati l-ʔarḍu rajjan wabussati l-jibālu bassan fakānat habāʔan munbaṯṯan
      When the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling / And become dust dispersing

Declension