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

Descendants

• Maltese: ħatab

References

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