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أَحَبّ
to love /ʔaˈħabba/
verbA1#88 most common
Also: to like, to be fond of, to cherish
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ القَهْوَةَ.
I like coffee.
هَلْ تُحِبُّ المُوسِيقَى؟
Do you like music?
أَحَبَّ الوَلَدُ كَلْبَهُ كَثِيرًا.
The boy loved his dog very much.
أَحَبَّتْ فاطِمَةُ القِراءَةَ مُنْذُ صِغَرِها.
Fatima loved reading from a young age.
أَحْبَبْتُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ زُرْتُها فِيهِ.
I loved this city from the very first day I visited it.
لَوْ أَحَبَّ النَّاسُ بَعْضَهُمْ بَعْضًا لَكانَ العالَمُ أَجْمَلَ.
If people loved one another, the world would be more beautiful.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُحِبُّ (ʾuḥibbu) | أَحْبَبْتُ (ʾaḥbabtu) | سَأُحِبُّ (saʾuḥibbu) |
| 2sg | تُحِبُّ (tuḥibbu) | أَحْبَبْتَ (ʾaḥbabta) | سَتُحِبُّ (satuḥibbu) |
| 3sg | يُحِبُّ (yuḥibbu) | أَحَبَّ (ʾaḥabba) | سَيُحِبُّ (sayuḥibbu) |
| 1pl | نُحِبُّ (nuḥibbu) | أَحْبَبْنا (ʾaḥbabnā) | سَنُحِبُّ (sanuḥibbu) |
| 2pl | تُحِبُّونَ (tuḥibbūna) | أَحْبَبْتُمْ (ʾaḥbabtum) | سَتُحِبُّونَ (satuḥibbūna) |
| 3pl | يُحِبُّونَ (yuḥibbūna) | أَحَبُّوا (ʾaḥabbū) | سَيُحِبُّونَ (sayuḥibbūna) |
Word family
حُبّ (ḥubb)love
حَبِيب (ḥabīb)beloved, darling
مَحْبُوب (maḥbūb)beloved, popular
مُحِبّ (muḥibb)lover, one who loves
حَبَّ (ḥabba)to love (Form I)
Etymology
أَحَبّ comes from the Semitic triliteral root ḥ-b-b, which carries the sense of love and affection. It is the Form IV verb built on the أَفْعَلَ pattern, and it means to love or to like. The same root yields the common noun ḥubb, love, and the adjective ḥabīb, beloved. The root is shared across Semitic languages and has no Indo-European source.
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