See also: جبل, چپل, and ختل

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ح ب ل (ḥ b l)
6 terms

From Proto-Semitic *ḥabl-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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حَبْل (ḥablm (plural حِبَال (ḥibāl) or أَحْبُل (ʔaḥbul) or حُبُول (ḥubūl) or أَحْبَال (ʔaḥbāl))

  1. (countable) a rope, a cable; a hawser; a cord; a string; a thread
    Synonyms: سَبَب (sabab, a rope), وَتَر (watar, a cord; a string; a band), خَيْط (ḵayṭ, a thread), عَصَب (ʕaṣab, a band; a sinew), رِبَاط (ribāṭ, tie, bond), مَرَسَة (marasa), قَلْس (qals), أَشْل (ʔašl), طُنُب (ṭunub), مَرَار (marār), إِصَار (ʔiṣār), مَأْصِر (maʔṣir), سِلْسِلَة (silsila), مِقَاط (miqāṭ)
    1. (countable) something resembling, likened to, or related to a rope (such as a ray, a beam, a jet, a vein, and so on)
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 50:16:
        وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
        wa-laqad xalaqnā l-ʾinsana wa-naʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuhū wa-naḥnu ʾaqrabu ʾilayhi min ḥabli l-warīdi
        We have created man and know what his spirit suggests to him, and We are closer to him than the rope of his [jugular] vein.
Declension
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Declension of noun حَبْل (ḥabl)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal حَبْل
ḥabl
الْحَبْل
al-ḥabl
حَبْل
ḥabl
nominative حَبْلٌ
ḥablun
الْحَبْلُ
al-ḥablu
حَبْلُ
ḥablu
accusative حَبْلًا
ḥablan
الْحَبْلَ
al-ḥabla
حَبْلَ
ḥabla
genitive حَبْلٍ
ḥablin
الْحَبْلِ
al-ḥabli
حَبْلِ
ḥabli
dual indefinite definite construct
informal حَبْلَيْن
ḥablayn
الْحَبْلَيْن
al-ḥablayn
حَبْلَيْ
ḥablay
nominative حَبْلَانِ
ḥablāni
الْحَبْلَانِ
al-ḥablāni
حَبْلَا
ḥablā
accusative حَبْلَيْنِ
ḥablayni
الْحَبْلَيْنِ
al-ḥablayni
حَبْلَيْ
ḥablay
genitive حَبْلَيْنِ
ḥablayni
الْحَبْلَيْنِ
al-ḥablayni
حَبْلَيْ
ḥablay
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal حِبَال‎; أَحْبُل‎; حُبُول‎; أَحْبَال
ḥibāl‎; ʔaḥbul‎; ḥubūl‎; ʔaḥbāl
الْحِبَال‎; الْأَحْبُل‎; الْحُبُول‎; الْأَحْبَال
al-ḥibāl‎; al-ʔaḥbul‎; al-ḥubūl‎; al-ʔaḥbāl
حِبَال‎; أَحْبُل‎; حُبُول‎; أَحْبَال
ḥibāl‎; ʔaḥbul‎; ḥubūl‎; ʔaḥbāl
nominative حِبَالٌ‎; أَحْبُلٌ‎; حُبُولٌ‎; أَحْبَالٌ
ḥibālun‎; ʔaḥbulun‎; ḥubūlun‎; ʔaḥbālun
الْحِبَالُ‎; الْأَحْبُلُ‎; الْحُبُولُ‎; الْأَحْبَالُ
al-ḥibālu‎; al-ʔaḥbulu‎; al-ḥubūlu‎; al-ʔaḥbālu
حِبَالُ‎; أَحْبُلُ‎; حُبُولُ‎; أَحْبَالُ
ḥibālu‎; ʔaḥbulu‎; ḥubūlu‎; ʔaḥbālu
accusative حِبَالًا‎; أَحْبُلًا‎; حُبُولًا‎; أَحْبَالًا
ḥibālan‎; ʔaḥbulan‎; ḥubūlan‎; ʔaḥbālan
الْحِبَالَ‎; الْأَحْبُلَ‎; الْحُبُولَ‎; الْأَحْبَالَ
al-ḥibāla‎; al-ʔaḥbula‎; al-ḥubūla‎; al-ʔaḥbāla
حِبَالَ‎; أَحْبُلَ‎; حُبُولَ‎; أَحْبَالَ
ḥibāla‎; ʔaḥbula‎; ḥubūla‎; ʔaḥbāla
genitive حِبَالٍ‎; أَحْبُلٍ‎; حُبُولٍ‎; أَحْبَالٍ
ḥibālin‎; ʔaḥbulin‎; ḥubūlin‎; ʔaḥbālin
الْحِبَالِ‎; الْأَحْبُلِ‎; الْحُبُولِ‎; الْأَحْبَالِ
al-ḥibāli‎; al-ʔaḥbuli‎; al-ḥubūli‎; al-ʔaḥbāli
حِبَالِ‎; أَحْبُلِ‎; حُبُولِ‎; أَحْبَالِ
ḥibāli‎; ʔaḥbuli‎; ḥubūli‎; ʔaḥbāli
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: ħabel

Etymology 2.1

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Root
ح ب ل (ḥ b l)
6 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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حَبِلَ (ḥabila) I (non-past يَحْبَلُ (yaḥbalu), verbal noun حَبَل (ḥabal))

  1. (intransitive) to become pregnant; to conceive
    Synonym: حَمَلَ (ḥamala)
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Etymology 2.2

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حَبَّلَ (ḥabbala) II (non-past يُحَبِّلُ (yuḥabbilu), verbal noun تَحْبِيل (taḥbīl))

  1. (transitive) to make pregnant, to impregnate
    Synonym: اِسْتَوْلَدَ (istawlada, to father a child with)
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Etymology 2.3

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Noun

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حَبَل (ḥabalm

  1. verbal noun of حَبِلَ (ḥabila) (form I)
  2. conception
  3. pregnancy
Declension
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Declension of noun حَبَل (ḥabal)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal حَبَل
ḥabal
الْحَبَل
al-ḥabal
حَبَل
ḥabal
nominative حَبَلٌ
ḥabalun
الْحَبَلُ
al-ḥabalu
حَبَلُ
ḥabalu
accusative حَبَلًا
ḥabalan
الْحَبَلَ
al-ḥabala
حَبَلَ
ḥabala
genitive حَبَلٍ
ḥabalin
الْحَبَلِ
al-ḥabali
حَبَلِ
ḥabali

Chadian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَبْل (ḥabl).

Noun

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حبل (habilm (plural حبال (hubāl))

  1. rope

References

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  • Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 54
  • Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 524

Persian

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَبْل (ḥabl).

Noun

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حبل (habl)

  1. (obsolete, rare) rope
    Synonyms: طَناب (tanâb), ریسمان (rismân)

Derived terms

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