Arabic vocabulary
حَبَّذَاhow excellent is
How to say “how excellent is” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانِ يَا عَبَّاسُ حَبَّذَا يَوْمُ الذِّمَارِ
So Abu Sufyan said, "O Abbas, how excellent is the Day of Dhimar."
حَبَّذَا — how excellent is. A frozen exclamatory formula of praise, 'how wonderful is...!', built from an old verb plus a demonstrative but now used as one fixed admiring expression. It introduces what the speaker marvels at, the day named next.
From: Conquest of Mecca Account →
Learn Arabic vocabulary in context
OpenArabic teaches words like حَبَّذَا through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
Get the app