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حبذا

Root: حب

2 entries for this word

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Entry 1

حبذا ḥabbadā (with foll. Nominative) how nice, how lovely is ... ! how good, excellent, perfect is …! │ حبذا لو how nice it would be if …; حبذا الحال لو فعل h. l-ḥālu lau fa‘ala it would be nice, or he would do well, if he did it; يا حبذا الحال (ḥālu) that’s just wonderful!

Entry 2

حبذا see 1حب

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