Talk:حب

There is some confusion with أحب (ʾaḥábba), form IV and a synonym, more common than حب and "yuḥibbu" (يحب) must be the imperfect form of أحب, not حب, "yaḥibbu" (same Arabic spelling) must the imperfect form of حب.

Conjugation
Perfect tense:


 * he - حب - ḥábba
 * she - حبت - ḥábbat
 * you (m/f), I - حببت - ḥababta, ḥababti, ḥababtu
 * they (dual) - حبا - ḥabbā
 * they (dual) - حبتا - ḥabbatā
 * you (dual) - حببتما - ḥababtumā
 * they (m) - حبوا - ḥábbū
 * they (f) - حببن - ḥababna
 * you (m, pl) - حببتم - ḥababtum
 * you (f, pl) - حببتن - ḥababtunna
 * we - حببنا - ḥababnā

Imperative
 * m, sg - حب - ḥibb
 * f, sg - حبي - ḥibbī
 * pl, m - حبوا - ḥibbū
 * pl, f - حببن - ḥibibna
 * dual - حبا - ḥibbā

Imperfect tense
 * he - يحب - yaḥibbu
 * she, you (m), I - تحب - taḥibbu
 * you (f) - تحبين - taḥibbīna
 * I - أحب - ʾaḥibbu
 * they (dual) - يحبان - yaḥibbāni
 * they (dual) - تحبان - taḥibbāni
 * you (dual) - تحبان - taḥibbāni
 * they (m) - يحبون - yaḥibbūna
 * they (f) - يحببن - yaḥbubna
 * you (m, pl) - تحبون - taḥibbūna
 * you (f, pl) - تحبين - taḥibbīna
 * we - نحب - naḥibbu


 * I'm trying to verify this. I used مر (marra) as a model of a geminate verb. --Anatoli (обсудить) 11:49, 4 December 2011 (UTC)