استحب

See also: أستحب and استحت

Arabic

Root
ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b)

Verb

اِسْتَحَبَّ • (istaḥabba) X, non-past يَسْتَحِبُّ‎ (yastaḥibbu)

  1. (transitive) to deem something recommendable
  2. (transitive) to prefer, to favour, to love more than
    Synonyms: فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala), آثَرَ (ʔāṯara)
    اِسْتَحَبَّ الصَّمْتَ عَلَى الْكَلَامِ حِينَ ٱحْتَدَمَ الْجَدَلُ
    istaḥabba ṣ-ṣamta ʕalā l-kalāmi ḥīna ḥtadama l-jadalu
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:17:
      وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا ٱلْعَمَى عَلَى ٱلْهُدَى
      waʔammā ṯamūdu fahadaynāhum fastaḥabbū l-ʕamā ʕalā l-hudā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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