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حب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حَبَابٌ حباب : see حُبٌّ. ― -b2- حَبَابُكَ Thine utmost: (Msb:) or the utmost of thy power: (S:) or the utmost of thy love: or, of thine endeavour (جَهْدِكَ [like جُهَادَاكَ and حُمَادَاكَ and قُصَارَاكَ and غُنَامَاكَ and نُعَامَاكَ]). (K. [In the CK جُهْدِكَ.]) You say, حَبَابُكَ كَذَا, (K,) and حبابك أَنْ تَفْعَلَ ذٰلِكَ, (S, Msb, * TA,) and حبابك أَنْ يَكُونَ ذٰلِكَ, (TA,) Thine utmost, (Msb,) or the utmost of thy power, (S,) or of thy love, or of thine endeavour, (K,) will be such a thing, (K,) and thy doing that, (S, Msb, * TA,) and that event's taking place. (TA.) -A2- Also, and ↓ حَبَبٌ and ↓, The main body, the mass, or bulk, or greater part or portion, of water, (S, K,) and of sand, (K,) and of [the beverage called] نَبِيذ: but it is said that the third word applies particularly to water: (TA:) or the first signifies the streaks, or lines, of water, (As, K, TA,) resembling variegated work: (As, TA:) or the waves of water that follow one another: (TA:) or the bubbles (S, A, K) of water, (S, K,) or of wine, (A, TA,) that float upon the surface; (S, A, K;) as also the second (AHn, A) and the third: (AHn, TA:) [it is a coll. gen. n., in this sense, of which the n. un. is with ة:] accord. to IDrd, حببُ المَاآءِ and حبابُ المَاآءِ signify تَكَسَّرُهُ [app. meaning the ripple, or broken surface, of water, such as is seen when it is slightly fretted by wind, and when it flows over uneven ground]. (TA.) طِرْتَ بِعُبَابِهَا وَفُزْتَ بِحَبَابِهَا, in a trad. of 'Alee, relating to Aboo-Bekr, is explained as meaning Thou hast outrun others, and attained to the place where the flood of El-Islám collects, and reached the first [ springs ] thereof, and drunk the purest of it, and become possessor of its excellencies: [this is the only explanation of it that I have found:] but it is also otherwise explained. (Hr and others, TA in art. عب.) ― -b2- حَبَابٌ also signifies (tropical:) Dew-drops; (A;) the dew (IAth, K) that is on trees &c. in the evening. (IAth, TA.) It is said in a trad., of the inhabitants of Paradise, that their food shall turn into a sweat like حباب المسْك, by which is meant Musky dew: or, perhaps, musky bubbles. (IAth, TA.)

Derived headwords

حَبَابٌ
  1. 1.
حَبَابُكَ كَذَا
حبابك أَنْ تَفْعَلَ ذٰلِكَ
حبابك أَنْ يَكُونَ ذٰلِكَ
حببُ المَاآءِ
طِرْتَ بِعُبَابِهَا وَفُزْتَ
حباب المسْك