حوب

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܚܘܒܐ (ḥawbā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħuːb/

Noun

حُوب • (ḥūb) m

1. (Qur'anic hapax) sin

   Synonym: حَوْبَة (ḥawba)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:2:

     وَآتُوا الْيَتَامَىٰ أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَلَا تَتَبَدَّلُوا الْخَبِيثَ بِالطَّيِّبِ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَمْوَالِكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حُوبًا كَبِيرًا

     wa-ʔātū l-yatāmā ʔamwāla-hum wa-lā tatabaddalū l-ḵabīṯa bi-ṭ-ṭayyibi wa-lā taʔkulū ʔamwāla-hum ʔilā ʔamwāli-kum ʔinna-hū kāna ḥūban kabīran

     And give to the orphans their properties and do not substitute the defective [of your own] for the good [of theirs]. And do not consume their properties into your own. Indeed, that is ever a great sin.

Declension

Declension of noun حُوب (ḥūb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُوب ḥūb	الْحُوب al-ḥūb	حُوب ḥūb
Nominative	حُوبٌ ḥūbun	الْحُوبُ al-ḥūbu	حُوبُ ḥūbu
Accusative	حُوبًا ḥūban	الْحُوبَ al-ḥūba	حُوبَ ḥūba
Genitive	حُوبٍ ḥūbin	الْحُوبِ al-ḥūbi	حُوبِ ḥūbi

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “حوب”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “حوب”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حوب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “حوب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
• Penrice, John (1873) “حوب”, in A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran‎^[2]