حبس

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح ب س (ḥ-b-s)

Cognate with Hebrew חָבַשׁ (ḥāḇaš, “to bind, tie”).

Verb

حَبَسَ • (ḥabasa) I, non-past يَحْبِسُ‎ (yaḥbisu)

1. to imprison
2. to hold back

Conjugation

Conjugation of

حَبَسَ

(form-I sound, verbal noun حَبْس)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						حَبْس ḥabs
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						حَابِس ḥābis
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَحْبُوس maḥbūs
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حَبَسْتُ ḥabastu	حَبَسْتَ ḥabasta	حَبَسَ ḥabasa		حَبَسْتُمَا ḥabastumā	حَبَسَا ḥabasā		حَبَسْنَا ḥabasnā	حَبَسْتُمْ ḥabastum	حَبَسُوا ḥabasū
	f		حَبَسْتِ ḥabasti	حَبَسَتْ ḥabasat			حَبَسَتَا ḥabasatā			حَبَسْتُنَّ ḥabastunna	حَبَسْنَ ḥabasna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَحْبِسُ ʔaḥbisu	تَحْبِسُ taḥbisu	يَحْبِسُ yaḥbisu		تَحْبِسَانِ taḥbisāni	يَحْبِسَانِ yaḥbisāni		نَحْبِسُ naḥbisu	تَحْبِسُونَ taḥbisūna	يَحْبِسُونَ yaḥbisūna
	f		تَحْبِسِينَ taḥbisīna	تَحْبِسُ taḥbisu			تَحْبِسَانِ taḥbisāni			تَحْبِسْنَ taḥbisna	يَحْبِسْنَ yaḥbisna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَحْبِسَ ʔaḥbisa	تَحْبِسَ taḥbisa	يَحْبِسَ yaḥbisa		تَحْبِسَا taḥbisā	يَحْبِسَا yaḥbisā		نَحْبِسَ naḥbisa	تَحْبِسُوا taḥbisū	يَحْبِسُوا yaḥbisū
	f		تَحْبِسِي taḥbisī	تَحْبِسَ taḥbisa			تَحْبِسَا taḥbisā			تَحْبِسْنَ taḥbisna	يَحْبِسْنَ yaḥbisna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَحْبِسْ ʔaḥbis	تَحْبِسْ taḥbis	يَحْبِسْ yaḥbis		تَحْبِسَا taḥbisā	يَحْبِسَا yaḥbisā		نَحْبِسْ naḥbis	تَحْبِسُوا taḥbisū	يَحْبِسُوا yaḥbisū
	f		تَحْبِسِي taḥbisī	تَحْبِسْ taḥbis			تَحْبِسَا taḥbisā			تَحْبِسْنَ taḥbisna	يَحْبِسْنَ yaḥbisna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِحْبِسْ iḥbis			اِحْبِسَا iḥbisā				اِحْبِسُوا iḥbisū
	f		اِحْبِسِي iḥbisī							اِحْبِسْنَ iḥbisna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حُبِسْتُ ḥubistu	حُبِسْتَ ḥubista	حُبِسَ ḥubisa		حُبِسْتُمَا ḥubistumā	حُبِسَا ḥubisā		حُبِسْنَا ḥubisnā	حُبِسْتُمْ ḥubistum	حُبِسُوا ḥubisū
	f		حُبِسْتِ ḥubisti	حُبِسَتْ ḥubisat			حُبِسَتَا ḥubisatā			حُبِسْتُنَّ ḥubistunna	حُبِسْنَ ḥubisna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحْبَسُ ʔuḥbasu	تُحْبَسُ tuḥbasu	يُحْبَسُ yuḥbasu		تُحْبَسَانِ tuḥbasāni	يُحْبَسَانِ yuḥbasāni		نُحْبَسُ nuḥbasu	تُحْبَسُونَ tuḥbasūna	يُحْبَسُونَ yuḥbasūna
	f		تُحْبَسِينَ tuḥbasīna	تُحْبَسُ tuḥbasu			تُحْبَسَانِ tuḥbasāni			تُحْبَسْنَ tuḥbasna	يُحْبَسْنَ yuḥbasna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحْبَسَ ʔuḥbasa	تُحْبَسَ tuḥbasa	يُحْبَسَ yuḥbasa		تُحْبَسَا tuḥbasā	يُحْبَسَا yuḥbasā		نُحْبَسَ nuḥbasa	تُحْبَسُوا tuḥbasū	يُحْبَسُوا yuḥbasū
	f		تُحْبَسِي tuḥbasī	تُحْبَسَ tuḥbasa			تُحْبَسَا tuḥbasā			تُحْبَسْنَ tuḥbasna	يُحْبَسْنَ yuḥbasna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحْبَسْ ʔuḥbas	تُحْبَسْ tuḥbas	يُحْبَسْ yuḥbas		تُحْبَسَا tuḥbasā	يُحْبَسَا yuḥbasā		نُحْبَسْ nuḥbas	تُحْبَسُوا tuḥbasū	يُحْبَسُوا yuḥbasū
	f		تُحْبَسِي tuḥbasī	تُحْبَسْ tuḥbas			تُحْبَسَا tuḥbasā			تُحْبَسْنَ tuḥbasna	يُحْبَسْنَ yuḥbasna

Noun

حَبْس • (ḥabs) m (plural حُبُوس (ḥubūs))

1. verbal noun of حَبَسَ (ḥabasa) (form I)
   1. imprisonment, confinement
   2. retention, holding back
2. (especially Maghreb) prison, jail

   Synonym: سِجْن (sijn)

   Meronyms: زِنْزَانَة (zinzāna), قَاوُوش (qāwūš)

   • c. 950, أبو دلف مسعر بن مهلهل [ʾAbū Dulaf Misʿar Ibn Muhalhal], edited by Kurd von Schlözer, De itinere Asiatico commentarium‎^[1], published 1845 ^{WC GB}, pages 18–19:

     فخرجت إلى الساحل أربد بكلة وهذا أول الهند ومنتهى مسير المراكب لا يتهيّأ لها أن يتجاوزها وألا غرقت قال فلما وصلت إلى كلة رأيته وهي عظيمة عالية السور كثيرة البساتين غزيرة الماء ووجدت بها معدن الرصاص القلعي لا يكون إلا في قلعتها في سائر الدنيا، وفي هذه القلعة تضرب السيوف القلعية، وهي الهندية العتيقة … وأهل هذه القلعة يمتنعون على ملكها إذا أرادوا يطيعونه إن أحبوا ورسمهم رسم الصين في ترك الذبائح وليس في جميع الدنيا معدن الرصاص القلعي إلا في هذه القلعة وبينهما وبين الصين ثلثمائة فرسخ وحولها مدن ورساتيق وقرى ولهم أحكام وحبوس وخبايات وأكلهم البر والتمور وبقولهم كلها تباع وزنا وأرغفة خبزهم تباع عددا ولا حمامات لهم بل عندهم عين جارية يغتسلون فيها ودرهمهم يزن ثلثي درهم ويعرف بالفهري ولهم فلوس يتعاملون بها ويلبسون كأهل الصين الإفرند الصيني المثمن وملكها دون ملك الصين ويخطب لملك الصين وقبلته إليه وبيت عبادته له.

     And I went off to the dusty shore of Kala, which is the first and ultimate end of India for vessels, as nobody even dares to imagine to pass by it since he would drown. When I arrived at Kala, I conned it and it is large and has high walls, many gardens and plenty of water, and I found mines of tin not found in the rest of the world but in Qalʿa, and in this Qalʿa one forges the Qalʿaite swords, the excellent Indian ones, and the populace of this Qalʿa withstands its king when it wants and abides by him when it lists, and their tradition is like the tradition of China, refraining from slaughtering beasts, and there aren’t in all the world tin mines but in this Qalʿa, and between them two and China are three-hundred parasang, and there are towns, rural districts and villages, and they have jurisdiction, jails, and corbans, and their food is wheat and dates and all their vegetables they buy by scales, and their bread is bread-rolls they buy by count. They have no baths but a running spring in which they wash, and their dirham weighs as a third-dirham and is known as Fahrī, and they have fulūs with which they commerce, and they dress like the people of China in dear Chinese silks, and their king is subordinate to the King of China, reports to the King of China, his praying direction is to him, his place of sacrifice is towards him.

Declension

Declension of noun حَبْس (ḥabs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَبْس ḥabs	الْحَبْس al-ḥabs	حَبْس ḥabs
Nominative	حَبْسٌ ḥabsun	الْحَبْسُ al-ḥabsu	حَبْسُ ḥabsu
Accusative	حَبْسًا ḥabsan	الْحَبْسَ al-ḥabsa	حَبْسَ ḥabsa
Genitive	حَبْسٍ ḥabsin	الْحَبْسِ al-ḥabsi	حَبْسِ ḥabsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَبْسَيْن ḥabsayn	الْحَبْسَيْن al-ḥabsayn	حَبْسَيْ ḥabsay
Nominative	حَبْسَانِ ḥabsāni	الْحَبْسَانِ al-ḥabsāni	حَبْسَا ḥabsā
Accusative	حَبْسَيْنِ ḥabsayni	الْحَبْسَيْنِ al-ḥabsayni	حَبْسَيْ ḥabsay
Genitive	حَبْسَيْنِ ḥabsayni	الْحَبْسَيْنِ al-ḥabsayni	حَبْسَيْ ḥabsay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُبُوس ḥubūs	الْحُبُوس al-ḥubūs	حُبُوس ḥubūs
Nominative	حُبُوسٌ ḥubūsun	الْحُبُوسُ al-ḥubūsu	حُبُوسُ ḥubūsu
Accusative	حُبُوسًا ḥubūsan	الْحُبُوسَ al-ḥubūsa	حُبُوسَ ḥubūsa
Genitive	حُبُوسٍ ḥubūsin	الْحُبُوسِ al-ḥubūsi	حُبُوسِ ḥubūsi

Descendants

• Maltese: ħabs
• Moroccan Arabic: حبس (ḥabs)
  • → French: hebs, hèbs
• → Azerbaijani: həbs
• → Kazakh: қапас (qapas)
• → Persian: حبس (habs)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حبس (haps, hapis)
  • Turkish: hapis
  • → Adyghe: хьэпс (ḥɛps)
  • → Albanian: haps
  • → Armenian: հափը՛ս (hapʻə́s), հափս (hapʻs)
  • → Aromanian: hápse, hápsã, hápsi
  • → Bulgarian: апс (aps)
  • → Greek: χάψη (chápsi)
  • → Macedonian: апс (aps)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ха̏пс, а̏пс

    Latin script: hȁps, ȁps

Etymology 2

Compare Egyptian ḥbs, Hebrew חָבַשׁ (khavásh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħab.ba.sa/

Verb

حَبَّسَ • (ḥabbasa) II, non-past يُحَبِّسُ‎ (yuḥabbisu)

1. (transitive) to tie up

Conjugation

Conjugation of

حَبَّسَ

(form-II sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَحْبِيس taḥbīs
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُحَبِّس muḥabbis
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُحَبَّس muḥabbas
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حَبَّسْتُ ḥabbastu	حَبَّسْتَ ḥabbasta	حَبَّسَ ḥabbasa		حَبَّسْتُمَا ḥabbastumā	حَبَّسَا ḥabbasā		حَبَّسْنَا ḥabbasnā	حَبَّسْتُمْ ḥabbastum	حَبَّسُوا ḥabbasū
	f		حَبَّسْتِ ḥabbasti	حَبَّسَتْ ḥabbasat			حَبَّسَتَا ḥabbasatā			حَبَّسْتُنَّ ḥabbastunna	حَبَّسْنَ ḥabbasna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحَبِّسُ ʔuḥabbisu	تُحَبِّسُ tuḥabbisu	يُحَبِّسُ yuḥabbisu		تُحَبِّسَانِ tuḥabbisāni	يُحَبِّسَانِ yuḥabbisāni		نُحَبِّسُ nuḥabbisu	تُحَبِّسُونَ tuḥabbisūna	يُحَبِّسُونَ yuḥabbisūna
	f		تُحَبِّسِينَ tuḥabbisīna	تُحَبِّسُ tuḥabbisu			تُحَبِّسَانِ tuḥabbisāni			تُحَبِّسْنَ tuḥabbisna	يُحَبِّسْنَ yuḥabbisna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحَبِّسَ ʔuḥabbisa	تُحَبِّسَ tuḥabbisa	يُحَبِّسَ yuḥabbisa		تُحَبِّسَا tuḥabbisā	يُحَبِّسَا yuḥabbisā		نُحَبِّسَ nuḥabbisa	تُحَبِّسُوا tuḥabbisū	يُحَبِّسُوا yuḥabbisū
	f		تُحَبِّسِي tuḥabbisī	تُحَبِّسَ tuḥabbisa			تُحَبِّسَا tuḥabbisā			تُحَبِّسْنَ tuḥabbisna	يُحَبِّسْنَ yuḥabbisna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحَبِّسْ ʔuḥabbis	تُحَبِّسْ tuḥabbis	يُحَبِّسْ yuḥabbis		تُحَبِّسَا tuḥabbisā	يُحَبِّسَا yuḥabbisā		نُحَبِّسْ nuḥabbis	تُحَبِّسُوا tuḥabbisū	يُحَبِّسُوا yuḥabbisū
	f		تُحَبِّسِي tuḥabbisī	تُحَبِّسْ tuḥabbis			تُحَبِّسَا tuḥabbisā			تُحَبِّسْنَ tuḥabbisna	يُحَبِّسْنَ yuḥabbisna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		حَبِّسْ ḥabbis			حَبِّسَا ḥabbisā				حَبِّسُوا ḥabbisū
	f		حَبِّسِي ḥabbisī							حَبِّسْنَ ḥabbisna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حُبِّسْتُ ḥubbistu	حُبِّسْتَ ḥubbista	حُبِّسَ ḥubbisa		حُبِّسْتُمَا ḥubbistumā	حُبِّسَا ḥubbisā		حُبِّسْنَا ḥubbisnā	حُبِّسْتُمْ ḥubbistum	حُبِّسُوا ḥubbisū
	f		حُبِّسْتِ ḥubbisti	حُبِّسَتْ ḥubbisat			حُبِّسَتَا ḥubbisatā			حُبِّسْتُنَّ ḥubbistunna	حُبِّسْنَ ḥubbisna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحَبَّسُ ʔuḥabbasu	تُحَبَّسُ tuḥabbasu	يُحَبَّسُ yuḥabbasu		تُحَبَّسَانِ tuḥabbasāni	يُحَبَّسَانِ yuḥabbasāni		نُحَبَّسُ nuḥabbasu	تُحَبَّسُونَ tuḥabbasūna	يُحَبَّسُونَ yuḥabbasūna
	f		تُحَبَّسِينَ tuḥabbasīna	تُحَبَّسُ tuḥabbasu			تُحَبَّسَانِ tuḥabbasāni			تُحَبَّسْنَ tuḥabbasna	يُحَبَّسْنَ yuḥabbasna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحَبَّسَ ʔuḥabbasa	تُحَبَّسَ tuḥabbasa	يُحَبَّسَ yuḥabbasa		تُحَبَّسَا tuḥabbasā	يُحَبَّسَا yuḥabbasā		نُحَبَّسَ nuḥabbasa	تُحَبَّسُوا tuḥabbasū	يُحَبَّسُوا yuḥabbasū
	f		تُحَبَّسِي tuḥabbasī	تُحَبَّسَ tuḥabbasa			تُحَبَّسَا tuḥabbasā			تُحَبَّسْنَ tuḥabbasna	يُحَبَّسْنَ yuḥabbasna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحَبَّسْ ʔuḥabbas	تُحَبَّسْ tuḥabbas	يُحَبَّسْ yuḥabbas		تُحَبَّسَا tuḥabbasā	يُحَبَّسَا yuḥabbasā		نُحَبَّسْ nuḥabbas	تُحَبَّسُوا tuḥabbasū	يُحَبَّسُوا yuḥabbasū
	f		تُحَبَّسِي tuḥabbasī	تُحَبَّسْ tuḥabbas			تُحَبَّسَا tuḥabbasā			تُحَبَّسْنَ tuḥabbasna	يُحَبَّسْنَ yuḥabbasna

Etymology 3

Noun

حُبْس or حُبُس • (ḥubs or ḥubus) m (plural أَحْبَاس (ʔaḥbās))

1. (Maghreb) a form of property on real estate that binds it to a religious administration and assigns its earnings to charitable purposes, waqf, mortmain

   Synonym: وَقْف (waqf)

Declension

Declension of noun حُبْس (ḥubs)‎; حُبُس (ḥubus)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُبْس‎; حُبُس ḥubs‎; ḥubus	الْحُبْس‎; الْحُبُس al-ḥubs‎; al-ḥubus	حُبْس‎; حُبُس ḥubs‎; ḥubus
Nominative	حُبْسٌ‎; حُبُسٌ ḥubsun‎; ḥubusun	الْحُبْسُ‎; الْحُبُسُ al-ḥubsu‎; al-ḥubusu	حُبْسُ‎; حُبُسُ ḥubsu‎; ḥubusu
Accusative	حُبْسًا‎; حُبُسًا ḥubsan‎; ḥubusan	الْحُبْسَ‎; الْحُبُسَ al-ḥubsa‎; al-ḥubusa	حُبْسَ‎; حُبُسَ ḥubsa‎; ḥubusa
Genitive	حُبْسٍ‎; حُبُسٍ ḥubsin‎; ḥubusin	الْحُبْسِ‎; الْحُبُسِ al-ḥubsi‎; al-ḥubusi	حُبْسِ‎; حُبُسِ ḥubsi‎; ḥubusi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُبْسَيْن‎; حُبُسَيْن ḥubsayn‎; ḥubusayn	الْحُبْسَيْن‎; الْحُبُسَيْن al-ḥubsayn‎; al-ḥubusayn	حُبْسَيْ‎; حُبُسَيْ ḥubsay‎; ḥubusay
Nominative	حُبْسَانِ‎; حُبُسَانِ ḥubsāni‎; ḥubusāni	الْحُبْسَانِ‎; الْحُبُسَانِ al-ḥubsāni‎; al-ḥubusāni	حُبْسَا‎; حُبُسَا ḥubsā‎; ḥubusā
Accusative	حُبْسَيْنِ‎; حُبُسَيْنِ ḥubsayni‎; ḥubusayni	الْحُبْسَيْنِ‎; الْحُبُسَيْنِ al-ḥubsayni‎; al-ḥubusayni	حُبْسَيْ‎; حُبُسَيْ ḥubsay‎; ḥubusay
Genitive	حُبْسَيْنِ‎; حُبُسَيْنِ ḥubsayni‎; ḥubusayni	الْحُبْسَيْنِ‎; الْحُبُسَيْنِ al-ḥubsayni‎; al-ḥubusayni	حُبْسَيْ‎; حُبُسَيْ ḥubsay‎; ḥubusay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَحْبَاس ʔaḥbās	الْأَحْبَاس al-ʔaḥbās	أَحْبَاس ʔaḥbās
Nominative	أَحْبَاسٌ ʔaḥbāsun	الْأَحْبَاسُ al-ʔaḥbāsu	أَحْبَاسُ ʔaḥbāsu
Accusative	أَحْبَاسًا ʔaḥbāsan	الْأَحْبَاسَ al-ʔaḥbāsa	أَحْبَاسَ ʔaḥbāsa
Genitive	أَحْبَاسٍ ʔaḥbāsin	الْأَحْبَاسِ al-ʔaḥbāsi	أَحْبَاسِ ʔaḥbāsi

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ح ب س
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَبْس (ḥabs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħabs/

Noun

حبس • (ḥabs) m (plural حباس (ḥbās) or حباسات (ḥbāsāt) or حبوسات (ḥbūsāt))

1. prison

Descendants

• → French: hebs, hèbs

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَبَسَ (ḥabasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħbas/

Verb

حبس • (ḥbas) I (non-past يحبس (yiḥbas))

1. to imprison
2. to quit (to give up, stop doing something)
3. to guard (a goal post)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

حبس

From Arabic حَبْس (ḥabs).

Noun

حبس • (haps, hapis)

1. imprisonment, confinement
2. prison, jail

   Synonyms: زندان (zından, zindan), قفس (kafes)

Derived terms

• حبسخانه (hapshane, hapishane, “prison”)
  • حبسخانه‌جی (hapshaneci, hapishaneci, “prison guard”)

Descendants

• Turkish: hapis
• → Adyghe: хьэпс (ḥɛps)
• → Albanian: haps
• → Armenian: հափը՛ս (hapʻə́s), հափս (hapʻs)
• → Aromanian: hápse, hápsã, hápsi
• → Bulgarian: апс (aps)
• → Greek: χάψη (chápsi)
• → Macedonian: апс (aps)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ха̏пс, а̏пс

  Latin script: hȁps, ȁps

Adjective

حبس • (haps, hapis)

1. imprisoned

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَبْس (ḥabs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [haβs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häbs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häbs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäbs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäbs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæbs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häbs]

Readings
Classical reading?	haḇs
Dari reading?	habs
Iranian reading?	habs
Tajik reading?	habs

Noun

حبس • (habs)

1. imprisonment

   حبس ابد ― habs-e abad ― life imprisonment

   حبس مجرد ― habs-e mojarrad ― solitary confinement

Derived terms

• حبس شدن (habs šodan, “to be imprisoned”)
• حبس کردن (habs kardan, “to imprison”)

 

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ب س
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَسَ (ḥabasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.bas/, [ˈħa.bas]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Verb

حبس • (ḥabas) I (present بحبس (biḥbis))

1. to hold, to keep captive

   Synonym: سجن (sajan)

   حبس نفسه دقيقتين تحت الميّ.

   ḥabas nafso daʔīʔtēn taḥt il-mayy

   He held his breath underwater for two minutes.

Conjugation

Conjugation of حبس (ḥabas)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	حبست (ḥabast)	حبست (ḥabast)	حبس (ḥabas)		حبسنا (ḥabasna)	حبستو (ḥabastu)	حبسو (ḥabasu)
	f		حبستي (ḥabasti)	حبست (ḥabsat)
present	m	بحبس (baḥbis)	بتحبس (btiḥbis)	بحبس (biḥbis)		منحبس (mniḥbis)	بتحبسو (btiḥbisu)	بحبسو (biḥbisu)
	f		بتحبسي (btiḥbisi)	بتحبس (btiḥbis)
subjunctive	m	أحبس (ʔaḥbis)	تحبس (tiḥbis)	يحبس (yiḥbis)		نحبس (niḥbis)	تحبسو (tiḥbisu)	يحبسو (yiḥbisu)
	f		تحبسي (tiḥbisi)	تحبس (tiḥbis)
imperative	m		احبس (iḥbis)				احبسو (iḥbisu)
	f		احبسي (iḥbisi)