هاب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ه ي ب (h-y-b).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Arabic) IPA(key): /haː.ba/

Verb

هَابَ (hāba) I, non-past يَهَابُ‎ (yahābu)

  1. (transitive) to be afraid of, to be frightened, to fear
    Synonyms: خَافَ (ḵāfa), رَهِبَ (rahiba)
    • زُهير بن أبي سلمى
      وَمَن هَابَ أَسْبَابَ الْمَنِيَّةِ يَلْقَهَا ... وَإِنْ يَرْقَ أََسْبَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِسُلَّمِ
      waman hāba ʾasbāba l-maniyyati yalqahā ... waʾin yarqa ʾaasbāba s-samāʾi bisullami
      And whoever is afraid of the causes of death [will] find them ... even if he climbs to the heavens with a ladder

Conjugation

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