ح ب س

Arabic

Root

ح ب س • (ḥ-b-s)

1. related to holding back

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: حَبَسَ (ḥabasa, “to hold back, to detain”)
  • Verbal noun: حَبْس (ḥabs)
  • Active participle: حَابِس (ḥābis)
  • Passive participle: مَحْبُوس (maḥbūs)
• Form II: حَبَّسَ (ḥabbasa, “to tie up”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحْبِيس (taḥbīs)
  • Active participle: مُحَبِّس (muḥabbis)
  • Passive participle: مُحَبَّس (muḥabbas)
• Form VII: اِنْحَبَسَ (inḥabasa, “to be held back, to be detained”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْحِبَاس (inḥibās)
  • Active participle: مُنْحَبِس (munḥabis)
• Form VIII: اِحْتَبَسَ (iḥtabasa, “to hold back; to be held back”)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْتِبَاس (iḥtibās)
  • Active participle: مُحْتَبِس (muḥtabis)
  • Passive participle: مُحْتَبَس (muḥtabas)

Nouns

• حِبْس (ḥibs, “dam”)
• حُبْس, حُبُس (“habous”)
• حُبْسة (ḥubsa, “aphasia”)
• مَحْبَس (maḥbas, “gaol”)
• مَحْبَسَة (maḥbasa, “ermitage”)
• مِحْبَس (miḥbas, “valve”)

Adjectives

• خَبِيس (ḵabīs, “barred”)