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حَبَل
pregnancy /ħaˈbal/
nounB1#2749 most common
Also: gestation, conception
Example sentences
الحَبَلُ يَستمرُّ تِسعةَ أشهرٍ.
Pregnancy lasts nine months.
شَعَرَت بِالتَّعَبِ خِلالَ الحَبَل.
She felt tired during the pregnancy.
يَنبَغي على المرأةِ زيارةُ الطبيبِ بانتظامٍ أثناءَ الحَبَل.
A woman should visit the doctor regularly during pregnancy.
تُسبِّبُ بعضُ الأدويةِ مخاطرَ على الحَبَل.
Some medications pose risks to pregnancy.
أَظهَرَ الفحصُ أنَّ الحَبَلَ يَسيرُ بشكلٍ طبيعيٍّ.
The examination showed that the pregnancy is proceeding normally.
تناولَ الباحثونَ في الدراسةِ تأثيرَ التغذيةِ على مراحلِ الحَبَل المختلفةِ.
The researchers in the study addressed the effect of nutrition on the different stages of pregnancy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَبَلٌ | None |
| Genitive | حَبَلٍ | None |
| Accusative | حَبَلًا | None |
| Vocative | يا حَبَلُ | None |
Word family
حَبِلَto become pregnant, to conceive
حُبْلَىpregnant (feminine)
حَامِلpregnant; also a carrier or bearer
إِحْبَالimpregnation, causing conception
حَبَالَىpregnant women (plural of حُبْلَى)
Etymology
حَبَل comes from the Semitic root ح-ب-ل, whose core sense is to bind or tie. The same root gives Arabic حَبْل, meaning rope or cord, since a rope binds things together. حَبَل extends this to the state of carrying a child, the bond between a woman and the life growing inside her. This is a Semitic root, not an Indo-European one, so no PIE root applies.
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