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حُبَيْبِيّ
my little darling /ħuˈbaj.biː/
adjectiveA2#1209 most common
Also: my dear little one, my little love, my tender sweetheart
Example sentences
يا حُبَيْبِيّ، تَعالَ.
My little darling, come here.
نَمْ الآنَ يا حُبَيْبِيّ.
Sleep now, my little darling.
لا تَبْكِ يا حُبَيْبِيّ، أنا هُنا.
Don't cry, my little darling, I am here.
قالَتِ الأُمُّ لِطِفْلِها: أنتَ حُبَيْبِيّ الصَّغيرُ.
The mother said to her child: you are my little darling.
كُلَّما رَأَيْتُ ابْني النّائِمَ هَمَسْتُ: يا حُبَيْبِيّ.
Whenever I saw my sleeping son, I whispered: my little darling.
لا شَيْءَ يُضاهي الطُّمَأْنينَةَ التي أَشْعُرُ بِها حينَ أُناديهِ حُبَيْبِيّ قَبْلَ أنْ يَغْفُوَ.
Nothing matches the calm I feel when I call him my little darling before he drifts to sleep.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حُبَيْبٌ | حُبَيْبونَ |
| Genitive | حُبَيْبٍ | حُبَيْبينَ |
| Accusative | حُبَيْباً | حُبَيْبينَ |
| Vocative | يا حُبَيْبِيّ | يا حُبَيْبيَّ |
Word family
Etymology
The word grows from the Semitic root ḥ-b-b, which carries the sense of love. From it Arabic forms ḥabīb, meaning beloved or dear. The diminutive ḥubayb softens this to a small, cherished one, and the attached -ī adds the sense of "my." The result is a tender form of address.
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