Arabic

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Root
ه ب و (h-b-w)

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Noun

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هَبَاء (habāʔm (plural أَهْبَاء (ʔahbāʔ))

  1. fine dust, particulate matter
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:4-6:
      إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُّنْبَثًّا
      ʔiḏā rujjati l-ʔarḍu rajjan wabussati l-jibālu bassan fakānat habāʔan mmunbaṯṯan
      When the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling / And become dust dispersing

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