حَبَابٌ
Root: حب
Full Definition
حَبَابٌ
: see حُبٌّ.
2 حَبَابُكَ Thine utmost: or the utmost of thy power: or the utmost of thy love: or, of thine endeavour (جَهْدِكَ [like جُهَادَاكَ and حُمَادَاكَ and قُصَارَاكَ and غُنَامَاكَ and نُعَامَاكَ]). (K. [In the CK جُهْدِكَ.]) You say, حَبَابُكَ كَذَا, and حبابك أَنْ تَفْعَلَ ذٰلِكَ, and حبابك أَنْ يَكُونَ ذٰلِكَ, Thine utmost, or the utmost of thy power, or of thy love, or of thine endeavour, will be such a thing, and thy doing that, and that event's taking place.
def.2 Also, and حَبَبٌ and ↓, The main body, the mass, or bulk, or greater part or portion, of water, and of sand, and of [the beverage called] نَبِيذ: but it is said that the third word applies particularly to water: or the first signifies the streaks, or lines, of water, resembling variegated work: or the waves of water that follow one another: or the bubbles of water, or of wine, that float upon the surface; as also the second and the third: [it is a coll. gen. n., in this sense, of which the n. un. is with ة:] accord. to IDrd, حببُ المَآءِ and حبابُ المَآءِ signify تَكَسَّرُهُ [app. meaning the ripple, or broken surface, of water, such as is seen when it is slightly fretted by wind, and when it flows over uneven ground]. طِرْتَ بِعُبَابِهَا وَفُزْتَ بِحَبَابِهَا, in a trad. of 'Alee, relating to Aboo-Bekr, is explained as meaning Thou hast outrun others, and attained to the place where the flood of El-Islám collects, and reached the first [springs] thereof, and drunk the purest of it, and become possessor of its excellencies: [this is the only explanation of it that I have found:] but it is also otherwise explained. (Hr and others, TA in art. عب.)
2 حَبَابٌ also signifies
2 حَبَابُكَ Thine utmost: or the utmost of thy power: or the utmost of thy love: or, of thine endeavour (جَهْدِكَ [like جُهَادَاكَ and حُمَادَاكَ and قُصَارَاكَ and غُنَامَاكَ and نُعَامَاكَ]). (K. [In the CK جُهْدِكَ.]) You say, حَبَابُكَ كَذَا, and حبابك أَنْ تَفْعَلَ ذٰلِكَ, and حبابك أَنْ يَكُونَ ذٰلِكَ, Thine utmost, or the utmost of thy power, or of thy love, or of thine endeavour, will be such a thing, and thy doing that, and that event's taking place.
def.2 Also, and حَبَبٌ and ↓, The main body, the mass, or bulk, or greater part or portion, of water, and of sand, and of [the beverage called] نَبِيذ: but it is said that the third word applies particularly to water: or the first signifies the streaks, or lines, of water, resembling variegated work: or the waves of water that follow one another: or the bubbles of water, or of wine, that float upon the surface; as also the second and the third: [it is a coll. gen. n., in this sense, of which the n. un. is with ة:] accord. to IDrd, حببُ المَآءِ and حبابُ المَآءِ signify تَكَسَّرُهُ [app. meaning the ripple, or broken surface, of water, such as is seen when it is slightly fretted by wind, and when it flows over uneven ground]. طِرْتَ بِعُبَابِهَا وَفُزْتَ بِحَبَابِهَا, in a trad. of 'Alee, relating to Aboo-Bekr, is explained as meaning Thou hast outrun others, and attained to the place where the flood of El-Islám collects, and reached the first [springs] thereof, and drunk the purest of it, and become possessor of its excellencies: [this is the only explanation of it that I have found:] but it is also otherwise explained. (Hr and others, TA in art. عب.)
2 حَبَابٌ also signifies
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