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هبط

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of descending, falling, or lowering. It extends to meanings of decreasing in value or physical condition, and can also refer to a specific type of lean camel.

Derived headwords

هَبَطَverb
  1. 1.
    he descendedboth

    he descended

  2. 2.
    decreasedboth

    decreased

هُبُوطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    descentboth

    The act or process of descending.

  2. 2.
    fallboth

    A sudden drop or decline.

  3. 3.
    decreaseboth

    A reduction in quantity, value, or level.

أَهْبَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to descendboth

    To make something or someone go down from a higher place.

  2. 2.
    to lowerboth

    To reduce the level or position of something.

اِنْهَبَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to descendboth

    To come down, often used reflexively after being caused to descend.

  2. 2.
    to fallboth

    To drop or descend.

الهُبُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    descentboth

    descent

الهَبْطnoun
  1. 1.
    descentboth

    The act of descending.

الهَبِيطadjective
  1. 1.
    leanclassical

    Describing a camel that is thin or gaunt.

Parallel reading

هبط (1) هبوطا: نزل.
He descended (1) a descent: he came down.
وهبطه هبطا، أي أنزله، يتعدى ولا يتعدى.
And he made it descend a descent, meaning he caused it to descend; it is transitive and intransitive.
اللهم غبطا لا هبطا، أي نسألك الغبطة ونعوذ بك أن نهبط عن حالنا.
O Allah, grant us contentment, not a descent; meaning, we ask You for contentment and seek refuge in You from descending from our state.
وأهبطته فانهبط.
And I caused it to descend, and it descended.
وهبط ثمن السلعة، أي نقص.
And the price of the commodity descended, meaning it decreased.
وهبطته أنا وأهبطته أيضا.
And I made it descend, and I also caused it to descend.
هبط المرض لحمه، أي هزله.
The illness affected his flesh, meaning it made him lean.
والهبوط: الحدور.
And al-hubūt: al-ḥudūr (descent).
والهبيط من النوق: الضامر، عن أبى عبيدة.
And al-habīṭ from the she-camels: the lean one, according to Abu Ubaydah.
هبيط مفرد
A single lean one