حب

حَبَّةٌ حب حبه حبة n. un. of حَبٌّ [q. v.]. (S, Msb, K.) [Hence,] جَابِرُ بْنُ حَبَّةَ a name of (assumed tropical:) Bread. (ISk, S.) ― -b2- See also حِبَّةٌ, in two places. ― -b3- [ A grain; meaning the weight of a grain of barley; ] a wellknown weight. (K.) ― -b4- A [ small ] piece, or portion, of a thing. (S, K.) ― -b5- حَبَّةُ القَلْبِ The heart's core; (AA, TA;) the black, or inner, part of the heart; or i. q. ثَمَرَتُهُ; (S, A, K;) which is that [same thing]: (S:) or a black thing in the heart: (K:) or the black clot of blood that is within the heart: (T, TA:) or the heart's blood. (K.) You say, أَصَابَتْ فُلَانَةُ حَبَّةَ قَلْبِهِ [ Such a woman smote his heart's core ]. (A, TA.) -A2- A want: or an object of want; a needful, or requisite, thing: syn. حَاجَةٌ. (K.)