هَابٞن، هَابٞى
hέben, hέbe
basic morphological information

adv.

almost
почти
كاد
LS 50; CSOL I 550; CSOL II 470
text examples

a. wa-tóˀo hέben yíroy ḳaˁáfes ṣáľeḥ ‘As he was about to drink, Saleh kicked the bowl out of his hands.’ (CSOL I 22:63)

semantic notes

Used only with imperfect, with the meaning ‘to be close to doing something’ (as in example (a)).