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حُبَابٌ

Root: حب

Full Definition

حُبَابٌ : see حُبٌّ, in two places:
2 and حَبِيبٌ.

def.2 Also The serpent: or a serpent not of a malignant species: and the name of a devil, accord. to some; but said to be so only because a serpent is called شَيْطَان.
2 And a pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of which the sing. [or n. un.] is حُبَابَةٌ [accord. to the CK حُبَابَةُ], meaning A certain black aquatic insect or small animal.

def.3 أُمُّ حُبَابٍ The present world; metonymically used in this sense.
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