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Arabic root

ح-ب-ب

Ha-Ba-Ba

4 words from this root family

About this root

Ha-Ba-Ba (ح-ب-ب) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: yuḥibbu (he loves / he likes), ḥubb (love), aḥabba (to love / to like), ḥabba (pill / tablet).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 95 times in 85 verses, across 35 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:165. The form حُبّ (love) accounts for 9 of them.

Themes: Verbs, Basics, Relationships, Emotions, Health, Treatment

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
he loves / he likesverb, A1Essential Verbs
حُبّ
ḥubb
lovenoun, A19×Family & Relationships - Final Words
أَحَبَّ
aḥabba
to love / to likeverb, A1Action Verbs - Daily Activities
حَبّة
ḥabba
pill / tabletnoun, A2Emergencies & Urgent Care

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَقَـٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but begin not hostilities. Lo! Allah loveth not aggressors.

Quran 2:190
مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِى كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٍ مِّا۟ئَةُ حَبَّةٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَـٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

The likeness of those who spend their wealth in Allah's way is as the likeness of a grain which groweth seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. Allah giveth increase manifold to whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.

Quran 2:261
زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَـٰطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَـَٔابِ

Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and offspring; and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their mark), and cattle and land. That is comfort of the life of the world. Allah! With Him is a more excellent abode.

Quran 3:14

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1verb
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu

he loves / he likes

Example
يُحِبُّ الْقِرَاءَةَ كَثِيرًا.
yuḥibbu al-qirāʾata kathīran.
He loves reading a lot.
Grammar

Form IV verb. Root ḥ-b-b gives: ḥubb (love), ḥabīb (beloved/dear).

A1noun
حُبّ
ḥubb

love

Example
الحُبُّ أَساسُ الحَياة
al-ḥubbu asāsu al-ḥayāḥ
Love is the foundation of life
A1verb
أَحَبَّ
aḥabba

to love / to like

Example
أحبّتِ الأمُّ أطفالَها
aḥabbati al-ummu aṭfālahā
The mother loved her children
Grammar

Form IV verb (أَفْعَلَ) with doubled radical. Past: aḥabba, Present: yuḥibbu.

A2noun
حَبّة
ḥabba

pill / tablet

Example
خُذ حَبّة واحِدة بَعْدَ الأَكْل.
khudḥ ḥabba wāḥida baʿda al-akl.
Take one pill after eating.

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