# حب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħab.ba/

#### Verb

حَبَّ • (ḥabba) I (first-person singular past حَبَبْتُ (ḥababtu), non-past يَحِبُّ (yaḥibbu), verbal noun حُبّ (ḥubb) or مَحَبَّة (maḥabba)) (rare)
* to love, to like
* to give focus, to give attention

##### Synonyms

* أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba)

#### Verb

حَبَّ • (ḥabba) I (first-person singular past حَبُبْتُ (ḥabubtu), non-past يَحُبُّ (yaḥubbu), verbal noun حُبّ (ḥubb))
* to be loved

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

حَبَّ • (ḥabba) I (first-person singular past حَبِبْتُ (ḥabibtu), non-past يَحَبُّ (yaḥabbu), verbal noun حُبّ (ḥubb)) (very rare)
* to love

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħub.ba/

#### Verb

حُبَّ • (ḥubba) I (passive-only, first-person singular past حُبِبْتُ (ḥubibtu), non-past يُحَبُّ (yuḥabbu), verbal noun حُبّ (ḥubb))
* to be loved

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħubb/

#### Noun

حُبّ • (ḥubb) m
* verbal noun of حَبَّ (ḥabba) (form I)
* love
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:20:وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّاwatuḥibbūna l-māla ḥubban jammanAnd you love wealth with abounding love.
* affection, attachment

##### Antonyms

* بُغْض (buḡḍ), بَغْضَاء (baḡḍāʔ), كُرْه (kurh)

### Etymology 1.4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħibb/

#### Noun

حِبّ • (ḥibb) m or f (plural أَحْبَاب (ʔaḥbāb))
* beloved, darling
** 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi, ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي, volume 2:وَمَا كُلُّ مَنْ يَهْوَى يَعِفُّ إِذَا خَلَا / عَفَافِي وَيُرْضِي ٱلْحِبَّ وَٱلْخَيْلُ تَلْتَقِيwamā kullu man yahwā yaʕiffu ʔiḏā ḵalā / ʕafāfī wayurḍī l-ḥibba wal-ḵaylu taltaqī(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Declension
### Etymology
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħabb/

#### Noun

حَبّ • (ḥabb) m (collective, singulative حَبَّة f (ḥabba), plural حُبُوب (ḥubūb))
* grains, seeds
* grain, cereal
* grains, kernels
* granules
* pellets
* pills, pastilles
* berries
* (pathology) acne, pustules, pimples

##### Derived terms

* حَبّ اَلشَّبَاب (ḥabb aš-šabāb)

##### Related terms

* حَبَب (ḥabab)
* حَبَّة (ḥabba)
* حُبَيْبَة (ḥubayba)
* حُبَيْبِيّ (ḥubaybiyy)

##### Descendants

* → Classical Syriac: ܚܒܐ (ḥabbā)
* → Georgian: აბი (abi)
** → Bats: აბ (ab)
* Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: heb
    → Central Kurdish: حەب (ḧeb)
* → Middle Armenian: հապ (hap)
** Armenian: հաբ (hab) (in some dialects via Turkish)
* → Persian: حب (hab)
** Tajik: ҳаб (hab)
** → Azerbaijani: həb
** → Ottoman Turkish: حب (hap)
*** Turkish: hap
*** → Bulgarian: хап (hap)
*** → Greek: χάπι (chápi)
*** → Macedonian: ап (ap)
*** → Romanian: hap

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħæbb/

#### Verb

حب • (ḥabb) I (non-past يحب (yiḥibb), verbal noun حبّ (ḥubb), active participle حابب (ḥābib), passive participle محبوب (maḥbūb))
* to love
    بحبك. (to a man) ― baḥibbak ― I love you.
    بحبك. (to a woman) ― baḥibbik ― I love you.

##### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic حُبّ (ḥubb).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħubb/

#### Noun

حبّ • (ḥubb) m
* verbal noun of حبّ (ḥabb): love

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħabb/, [ħab]

#### Verb

حَبّ • (ḥabb) I (non-past يِحُبّ (yiḥubb))
* to love
    Antonym: كِرِه (kirih)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic حُبّ (ḥubb).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħubb/, [ħʊb]

#### Noun

حب • (ḥubb) m (plural أحباب (ʔaḥbāb))
* love
    Antonym: كُرْه (kurh)

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħabː/

#### Verb

حب • (ḥabb) I (non-past يحب (yḥabb))
* to love

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic حُبّ (ḥubb).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħubː/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

حب • (ḥubb) m
* love

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba).

### Verb

حبّ • (ḥabb)
* to love

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħabb/, [ħab]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

حبّ • (ḥabb) I (present بحبّ (baḥibb) or بحبّ (baḥobb), active participle حابب (ḥābeb))
* to love, to like
    Synonym: عزّ (ʕazz)
    Antonym: كره (kirih)
    بحبّو بعض. ― biḥebbu baʕḍ. ― They love each other.
    بتحبّ القهوة؟ ― bitḥebb il-ʔahwe? ― Do you like coffee?
* (by extension) to want
    Synonym: بدّ (bidd)
    بتحبّ نلتقي بكرا؟ ― bitḥebb niltaʔi bukra? ― Would you like to meet up tomorrow?
    انا حابب احكي معك. ― ana ḥābeb aḥki maʕak. ― I'd like to talk to you.
    ما حبّت تتجوّز. ― mā ḥabbat titjawwaz. ― She didn't want to get married.

##### See also

* عجب (ʕajab)
* جنّن (jannan)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic حُبّ (ḥubb).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħubb/, [ħʊb]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

حبّ • (ḥubb) m
* love
    Synonym: محبّة (maḥabbe)

##### See also

* غرام (ḡarām, “love, passion, infatuation”)

### Etymology 3

From Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħabb/, [ħab]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Noun

حبّ • (ḥabb) m (collective, singulative حبّة f (ḥabbe), paucal حبّات (ḥabbāt), plural حبوب (ḥbūb))
* (uncountable) seeds, grains, berries

## Urdu
### Etymology

From Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɦəb/
* Rhymes: -əb
* Hyphenation: حب

### Proper noun

حَب • (hab) m (Hindi spelling हब)
* Hub (a city in Hub district, Balochistan, Pakistan)