حبذ

Arabic

Root
ح ب ذ‎ (ḥ-b-ḏ)

Etymology

Back-formation of the inconjugable verb or phrase حَبَّذَا‎ (ḥabbaḏā, “the subject appreciates it, favourably, it would be preferred”), itself univerbation of حَبَّ‎ (ḥabba, “to like”) +‎ ذَا‎ (ḏā, “this”).

Verb

حَبَّذَ • (ḥabbaḏa) II, non-past يُحَبِّذُ‎‎ (yuḥabbiḏu)

  1. to applaud, to condone, to utter favour of, to find lovely

Conjugation

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