حبة

Arabic

Root
ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b)

FWOTD – 4 January 2018

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħab.ba/

Noun

حَبَّة • (ḥabba) f (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 allaḏīna 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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَّة (ḥabba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħab.be/, [ˈħab.be]

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Noun

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

1. seed, grain, berry

   حبّة قمح ― ḥabbet ʔamḥ ― a grain of wheat

2. measure word for small round things, fruits and vegetables

   حبّتين بطاطا ― ḥabtēn baṭāṭa ― two potatoes

3. pill, tablet

   خد تلات حبّات باليوم.

   ḵod talat ḥabbāt bil-yōm

   Take three pills a day.

4. pimple, pustule