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حبس
حبس
Arabic
Noun
حَبْس • (ḥabs) m (plural حُبُوس (ḥubūs))
- verbal noun of حَبَسَ (ḥabasa, “to imprison, to hold back”) (form I)
- imprisonment, confinement
- retention
- prison, jail
Declension
Declension of noun حَبْس (ḥabs)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَبْس ḥabs |
الْحَبْس al-ḥabs |
حَبْس ḥabs |
| Nominative | حَبْسٌ ḥabsun |
الْحَبْسُ al-ḥabsu |
حَبْسُ ḥabsu |
| Accusative | حَبْسًا ḥabsan |
الْحَبْسَ al-ḥabsa |
حَبْسَ ḥabsa |
| Genitive | حَبْسٍ ḥabsin |
الْحَبْسِ al-ḥabsi |
حَبْسِ ḥabsi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | حَبْسَيْن ḥabsayn |
الْحَبْسَيْن al-ḥabsayn |
حَبْسَيْ ḥabsay |
| Nominative | حَبْسَانِ ḥabsāni |
الْحَبْسَانِ al-ḥabsāni |
حَبْسَا ḥabsā |
| Accusative | حَبْسَيْنِ ḥabsayni |
الْحَبْسَيْنِ al-ḥabsayni |
حَبْسَيْ ḥabsay |
| Genitive | حَبْسَيْنِ ḥabsayni |
الْحَبْسَيْنِ al-ḥabsayni |
حَبْسَيْ ḥabsay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حُبُوس ḥubūs |
الْحُبُوس al-ḥubūs |
حُبُوس ḥubūs |
| Nominative | حُبُوسٌ ḥubūsun |
الْحُبُوسُ al-ḥubūsu |
حُبُوسُ ḥubūsu |
| Accusative | حُبُوسًا ḥubūsan |
الْحُبُوسَ al-ḥubūsa |
حُبُوسَ ḥubūsa |
| Genitive | حُبُوسٍ ḥubūsin |
الْحُبُوسِ al-ḥubūsi |
حُبُوسِ ḥubūsi |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حبس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen