حبيبة

Arabic

Root
ح ب ب‎ (ḥ-b-b)

Etymology 1

Diminutive of حَبَّة‎ (ḥabba, “grain”).

Noun

حُبَيْبَة • (ḥubayba) f (plural حُبَيْبَات‎ (ḥubaybāt))

  1. little grain, small kernel
Declension
Derived terms
  • دَقِيق الْحَبِيبَات‎ (daqīq al-ḥabībāt)
  • خَشِن الحَبِيبَات‎ (ḵašin al-ḥabībāt)

Etymology 2

Diminutive of حَبَب‎ (ḥabab, “blister”)

Noun

حُبَيْبَة • (ḥubayba) f (plural حُبَيْبَات‎ (ḥubaybāt))

  1. small pimple or pustule
Declension

Etymology 3

See حَبِيب‎ (ḥabīb).

Noun

حَبِيبَة • (ḥabība) f (plural حَبِيبَات‎ (ḥabībāt) or حَبَائِب‎ (ḥabāʔib), masculine حَبِيب‎ (ḥabīb))

  1. female equivalent of حَبِيب‎ (ḥabīb)
Declension

Adjective

حَبِيبَة • (ḥabība) f

  1. feminine singular of حَبِيب‎ (ḥabīb)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “حب²”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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