Arabic vocabulary
هُبُوطdescent in Arabic
هُبُوط is how you say “descent” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ه ب ط (h-b-ṭ)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar)Pronounced hubūṭ
Meaning of descent in Arabic
- descent, the act of going down — the verbal noun of هَبَطَ; used of water, a person going down a slope, or entering a valley or town
- decline, a fall from one's station or condition — tropical extension, paralleling the verb's figurative sense of being lowered, abased, or diminished
The root's core verb هَبَطَ covers both literal descent (going down a slope, into a valley or town) and figurative decline (falling in rank, loss of wealth, a dropping price). هُبُوط itself is the plain verbal noun for the act of descending.
Words from the same root
- هَبَطَto descend, go down; also (transitively) to lower or diminish something
- أَهْبَطَto send or bring something down (causative)
- هَبُوطٌa slope or declivity; a place by which one descends
- هَبْطَةٌa low or depressed piece of land, opposite of high ground
- هَبِيطٌlean, emaciated by disease, said of a camel
- هَابِطٌdescending; one who or that which goes down
- مَهْبِطُa place of descent, as in مَهْبِطُ الوَحْيِ, the place of descent of revelation, a name for Mecca
Common questions
- How do you say "descent" in Arabic?
- هُبُوط (hubūṭ).
- What is the root of هُبُوط?
- The triliteral root ه ب ط (h-b-ṭ), meaning 'to descend, go down'; from it come the verb هَبَطَ ('to descend') and words like مَهْبِطُ ('place of descent').
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
وما علم أن هبوط الغائص في اللجّة خلف الدرّ صعود
And did not know that the diver's descent into the depth in pursuit of the pearl is an ascent.
هُبُوطَ — descent. hubut means 'going down, descent'; the object form here (subject of the 'anna' clause), heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word.
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