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
editPerfect tense:
- he - حب - ḥábba
- she - حبت - ḥábbat
- you (m/f), I - حببت - ḥababta, ḥababti, ḥababtu
- they (dual) m - حبا - ḥabbā
- they (dual) f - 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) m - يحبان - yaḥibbāni
- they (dual) f - 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)