Arabic

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Root
ح ب ذ (ḥ b ḏ)
2 terms

Etymology

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Back-formation of the inconjugable verb or phrase حَبَّذَا (ḥabbaḏā, the subject appreciates it, favourably, it would be preferred), itself univerbation of حَبَّ (ḥabba, to like) +‎ ذَا (ḏā, this).

Verb

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حَبَّذَ (ḥabbaḏa) II, non-past يُحَبِّذُ‎ (yuḥabbiḏu)

  1. to applaud, to condone, to utter favour of, to find lovely

Conjugation

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