See also: لپ

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ل ب ب (l-b-b), the noun from Proto-Semitic *libb-.

Cognate with Hebrew לב (lev) and Classical Syriac ܠܒܐ (lebbā).

Noun edit

لُبّ (lubbm (plural لُبُوب (lubūb))

  1. pulp, backlog, marrow, core, heart
    Synonym: (heart) قَلْب (qalb)

Declension edit

Noun edit

لُبّ (lubbm (plural أَلْبَاب (ʔalbāb))

  1. intellect, discernment

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Verb edit

لَبَّ (labba) I, non-past يَلُبُّ‎ (yalubbu)

  1. to stay, to bide, to persevere

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

لَبَّ (labba) I, non-past يَلَبُّ‎ (yalabbu), first-person non-past لَبِبْتُ (labibtu)
لَبَّ (labba) I, non-past يَلُبُّ‎ (yalubbu), first-person non-past لَبُبْتُ (labubtu)

  1. to be intelligent, to be smart

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References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “لب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 78
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “لب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2641
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “لب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1002
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “لب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1138
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 906

Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic لب.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

لب (lebbm pl

  1. kernels (specifically seed kernels)

Usage notes edit

The singular is لبة (lebba) f, s

Descendants edit

  • Greek: λίμπ (límp) (Egyptiot Dialect)

Khalaj edit

Noun edit

لَب (ləb) (definite accusative لَبی, plural لَبلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of ləb (lip)

Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Persian لب (lab, lip).

Noun edit

لب (leb)

  1. lip, either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth
    Synonyms: شفه (şefe), طوداق (dudak)
  2. (by extension) edge, margin, border of a thing
    Synonyms: قیی (kıyı), كنار (kenar)
Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic لُبّ (lubb, pith, kernel).

Noun edit

لب (lubb) (plural لبوب)

  1. kernel, pith, marrow, essence
    Synonyms: اوز (öz), مخ (muh), مغز (mağz)

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Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *lab- / *lap-, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (lip, to lick).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? laḇ
Dari reading? lab
Iranian reading? lab
Tajik reading? lab

Noun edit

Dari لب
Iranian Persian
Tajik лаб

لب (lab) (plural لبان (labân) or لب‌ها (lab-hâ))

  1. (anatomy) lip
    اگه گفتی دوستت دارم فقط بازی لب‌هات بود.
    Age gofti duset dâram faqat bâziye labhât bud.
    (colloquial) If (when) you said you love me, you weren't serious. (Literally: it was only your lip play.)
  2. edge

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Urdu edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*leb-

Borrowed from Classical Persian لب (lab).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

لب (labm (Hindi spelling लब)

  1. (anatomy) lip
  2. edge
  3. margin, brim; shore

Declension edit

Declension of لب
singular plural
direct لب (lab) لب (lab)
oblique لب (lab) لبوں (labō̃)
vocative لب (lab) لبو (labō)

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • لب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.