Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حبّبهُ

Root: حب

Form: 2

Full Definition

حبّبهُII He, or it, [rendered him, or it, an object of love, lovely, or pleasant, to me;] made me to love, affect, like, approve, or take pleasure in, him, or it. You say, حبّبهُ إِلَىَّ إِحْسَانُهُ [His beneficence made him an object of love to me]. And حَبَّبَ ٱللّٰهُ إِلَيْهِ الإِيمَانَ [God made faith lovely to him]. And حُبِّبَ إِلَىَّ بِأَنْ تَزُورَنِى [Thy visiting me hath been made pleasant to me].

def.2 حبّب الدَّوَآءَ [He formed the medicine into pills, or little clots or balls: see its quasi-pass., 5]. (K in حثر, &c.)

def.3 And حبّب He filled a water-skin &c.

def.4 See also 5.


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