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حَبّ
grain; seeds (collective noun for cereal grains) /ˈħabb/
nounA2#1255 most common
Also: seeds, cereal grains, pills (plural حُبوب)
Example sentences
يَأكُلُ العُصفورُ الحَبَّ.
The sparrow eats the grain.
في الكيسِ حَبٌّ كَثيرٌ.
There is a lot of grain in the bag.
أَخَذتُ حَبَّةَ الدَّواءِ مَعَ الماءِ.
I took the pill with water.
تَنمو الحُبوبُ في الحُقولِ خِلالَ الرَّبيعِ.
Grains grow in the fields during spring.
يُصَدِّرُ البَلَدُ الحَبَّ إلى الأَسواقِ العالَمِيَّةِ.
The country exports grain to global markets.
لا يُدرِكُ قيمةَ الحَبِّ إلّا مَنْ كابَدَ مَشَقّةَ زِراعَتِهِ.
Only the one who has endured the hardship of farming it knows the value of grain.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَبٌّ | حُبوبٌ |
| Genitive | حَبٍّ | حُبوبٍ |
| Accusative | حَبًّا | حُبوبًا |
| Vocative | يا حَبُّ | يا حُبوبُ |
Word family
حَبَّةa grain, seed, pill, tablet, berry
حُبوبgrains, cereals, pills
حُبَيْبةgranule (diminutive of حَبَّة)
مُحَبَّبgranulated, in grain form
Etymology
حَبّ comes from the Semitic root ḥ-b-b, tied to grains and seeds. The collective noun names cereal grain as a mass, while the unit noun حَبَّة marks a single grain, pill, or berry. The form should not be confused with the homograph حُبّ ('love'), which is written the same in unvoweled script but carries a different vowel and a separate sense.
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