هُبُوط descent in Arabic
هُبُوط is how you say “descent” in Arabic.
Root ه ب ط h-b-ṭ. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar). hubūṭ.
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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
Example sentence
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.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
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
- هَبَطَ to descend, go down; also (transitively) to lower or diminish something
- أَهْبَطَ to send or bring something down (causative)
- هَبُوطٌ a slope or declivity; a place by which one descends
- هَبْطَةٌ a low or depressed piece of land, opposite of high ground
- هَبِيطٌ lean, emaciated by disease, said of a camel
- هَابِطٌ descending; one who or that which goes down
- مَهْبِطُ a 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').
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).