حطب

See also: حطت, خطب, and خطت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ط ب (ḥ-ṭ-b). Cognate with Hebrew חטב (/⁠ḥṭb⁠/) and Ugaritic ḥṭb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.tˤab/

Noun

حَطَب • (ḥaṭab) m (plural أَحْطَاب (ʔaḥṭāb)) (usually uncountable)

1. material for fueling fire, firewood, kindling

Declension

Declension of noun حَطَب (ḥaṭab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَطَب ḥaṭab	الْحَطَب al-ḥaṭab	حَطَب ḥaṭab
Nominative	حَطَبٌ ḥaṭabun	الْحَطَبُ al-ḥaṭabu	حَطَبُ ḥaṭabu
Accusative	حَطَبًا ḥaṭaban	الْحَطَبَ al-ḥaṭaba	حَطَبَ ḥaṭaba
Genitive	حَطَبٍ ḥaṭabin	الْحَطَبِ al-ḥaṭabi	حَطَبِ ḥaṭabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَطَبَيْن ḥaṭabayn	الْحَطَبَيْن al-ḥaṭabayn	حَطَبَيْ ḥaṭabay
Nominative	حَطَبَانِ ḥaṭabāni	الْحَطَبَانِ al-ḥaṭabāni	حَطَبَا ḥaṭabā
Accusative	حَطَبَيْنِ ḥaṭabayni	الْحَطَبَيْنِ al-ḥaṭabayni	حَطَبَيْ ḥaṭabay
Genitive	حَطَبَيْنِ ḥaṭabayni	الْحَطَبَيْنِ al-ḥaṭabayni	حَطَبَيْ ḥaṭabay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَحْطَاب ʔaḥṭāb	الْأَحْطَاب al-ʔaḥṭāb	أَحْطَاب ʔaḥṭāb
Nominative	أَحْطَابٌ ʔaḥṭābun	الْأَحْطَابُ al-ʔaḥṭābu	أَحْطَابُ ʔaḥṭābu
Accusative	أَحْطَابًا ʔaḥṭāban	الْأَحْطَابَ al-ʔaḥṭāba	أَحْطَابَ ʔaḥṭāba
Genitive	أَحْطَابٍ ʔaḥṭābin	الْأَحْطَابِ al-ʔaḥṭābi	أَحْطَابِ ʔaḥṭābi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حطب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN