لب
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 • (lubb) m (plural لُبُوب (lubūb))
Declension edit
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | لُبّ lubb |
اللُّبّ al-lubb |
لُبّ lubb |
Nominative | لُبٌّ lubbun |
اللُّبُّ al-lubbu |
لُبُّ lubbu |
Accusative | لُبًّا lubban |
اللُّبَّ al-lubba |
لُبَّ lubba |
Genitive | لُبٍّ lubbin |
اللُّبِّ al-lubbi |
لُبِّ lubbi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | لُبَّيْن lubbayn |
اللُّبَّيْن al-lubbayn |
لُبَّيْ lubbay |
Nominative | لُبَّانِ lubbāni |
اللُّبَّانِ al-lubbāni |
لُبَّا lubbā |
Accusative | لُبَّيْنِ lubbayni |
اللُّبَّيْنِ al-lubbayni |
لُبَّيْ lubbay |
Genitive | لُبَّيْنِ lubbayni |
اللُّبَّيْنِ al-lubbayni |
لُبَّيْ lubbay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | لُبُوب lubūb |
اللُّبُوب al-lubūb |
لُبُوب lubūb |
Nominative | لُبُوبٌ lubūbun |
اللُّبُوبُ al-lubūbu |
لُبُوبُ lubūbu |
Accusative | لُبُوبًا lubūban |
اللُّبُوبَ al-lubūba |
لُبُوبَ lubūba |
Genitive | لُبُوبٍ lubūbin |
اللُّبُوبِ al-lubūbi |
لُبُوبِ lubūbi |
Noun edit
لُبّ • (lubb) m (plural أَلْبَاب (ʔalbāb))
Declension edit
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | لُبّ lubb |
اللُّبّ al-lubb |
لُبّ lubb |
Nominative | لُبٌّ lubbun |
اللُّبُّ al-lubbu |
لُبُّ lubbu |
Accusative | لُبًّا lubban |
اللُّبَّ al-lubba |
لُبَّ lubba |
Genitive | لُبٍّ lubbin |
اللُّبِّ al-lubbi |
لُبِّ lubbi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | لُبَّيْن lubbayn |
اللُّبَّيْن al-lubbayn |
لُبَّيْ lubbay |
Nominative | لُبَّانِ lubbāni |
اللُّبَّانِ al-lubbāni |
لُبَّا lubbā |
Accusative | لُبَّيْنِ lubbayni |
اللُّبَّيْنِ al-lubbayni |
لُبَّيْ lubbay |
Genitive | لُبَّيْنِ lubbayni |
اللُّبَّيْنِ al-lubbayni |
لُبَّيْ lubbay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَلْبَاب ʔalbāb |
الْأَلْبَاب al-ʔalbāb |
أَلْبَاب ʔalbāb |
Nominative | أَلْبَابٌ ʔalbābun |
الْأَلْبَابُ al-ʔalbābu |
أَلْبَابُ ʔalbābu |
Accusative | أَلْبَابًا ʔalbāban |
الْأَلْبَابَ al-ʔalbāba |
أَلْبَابَ ʔalbāba |
Genitive | أَلْبَابٍ ʔalbābin |
الْأَلْبَابِ al-ʔalbābi |
أَلْبَابِ ʔalbābi |
Verb edit
لَبَّ • (labba) I, non-past يَلُبُّ (yalubbu)
Conjugation edit
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
لَبّ labb | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
lābb | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | lababtu |
lababta |
لَبَّ labba |
lababtumā |
labbā |
lababnā |
lababtum |
labbū | |||
f | lababti |
labbat |
labbatā |
lababtunna |
lababna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔalubbu |
talubbu |
yalubbu |
talubbāni |
yalubbāni |
nalubbu |
talubbūna |
yalubbūna | |||
f | talubbīna |
talubbu |
talubbāni |
talbubna |
yalbubna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔalubba |
talubba |
yalubba |
talubbā |
yalubbā |
nalubba |
talubbū |
yalubbū | |||
f | talubbī |
talubba |
talubbā |
talbubna |
yalbubna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔalubba or ʔalubbi or ʔalbub |
talubba or talubbi or talbub |
yalubba or yalubbi or yalbub |
talubbā |
yalubbā |
nalubba or nalubbi or nalbub |
talubbū |
yalubbū | |||
f | talubbī |
talubba or talubbi or talbub |
talubbā |
talbubna |
yalbubna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | lubba or lubbi or ulbub |
lubbā |
lubbū |
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f | lubbī |
ulbubna |
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)
- to be intelligent, to be smart
Conjugation edit
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
labab | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
lābb | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
malbūb | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | lababtu |
lababta |
لَبَّ labba |
lababtumā |
labbā |
lababnā |
lababtum |
labbū | |||
f | lababti |
labbat |
labbatā |
lababtunna |
lababna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔalabbu |
talabbu |
yalabbu |
talabbāni |
yalabbāni |
nalabbu |
talabbūna |
yalabbūna | |||
f | talabbīna |
talabbu |
talabbāni |
talbabna |
yalbabna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔalabba |
talabba |
yalabba |
talabbā |
yalabbā |
nalabba |
talabbū |
yalabbū | |||
f | talabbī |
talabba |
talabbā |
talbabna |
yalbabna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔalabba or ʔalabbi or ʔalbab |
talabba or talabbi or talbab |
yalabba or yalabbi or yalbab |
talabbā |
yalabbā |
nalabba or nalabbi or nalbab |
talabbū |
yalabbū | |||
f | talabbī |
talabba or talabbi or talbab |
talabbā |
talbabna |
yalbabna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | labba or labbi or ilbab |
labbā |
labbū |
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f | labbī |
ilbabna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | lubibtu |
lubibta |
لُبَّ lubba |
lubibtumā |
lubbā |
lubibnā |
lubibtum |
lubbū | |||
f | lubibti |
lubbat |
lubbatā |
lubibtunna |
lubibna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔulabbu |
tulabbu |
yulabbu |
tulabbāni |
yulabbāni |
nulabbu |
tulabbūna |
yulabbūna | |||
f | tulabbīna |
tulabbu |
tulabbāni |
tulbabna |
yulbabna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔulabba |
tulabba |
yulabba |
tulabbā |
yulabbā |
nulabba |
tulabbū |
yulabbū | |||
f | tulabbī |
tulabba |
tulabbā |
tulbabna |
yulbabna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔulabba or ʔulabbi or ʔulbab |
tulabba or tulabbi or tulbab |
yulabba or yulabbi or yulbab |
tulabbā |
yulabbā |
nulabba or nulabbi or nulbab |
tulabbū |
yulabbū | |||
f | tulabbī |
tulabba or tulabbi or tulbab |
tulabbā |
tulbabna |
yulbabna |
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
labāba | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
lābb | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
malbūb | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | lababtu |
lababta |
لَبَّ labba |
lababtumā |
labbā |
lababnā |
lababtum |
labbū | |||
f | lababti |
labbat |
labbatā |
lababtunna |
lababna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔalubbu |
talubbu |
yalubbu |
talubbāni |
yalubbāni |
nalubbu |
talubbūna |
yalubbūna | |||
f | talubbīna |
talubbu |
talubbāni |
talbubna |
yalbubna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔalubba |
talubba |
yalubba |
talubbā |
yalubbā |
nalubba |
talubbū |
yalubbū | |||
f | talubbī |
talubba |
talubbā |
talbubna |
yalbubna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔalubba or ʔalubbi or ʔalbub |
talubba or talubbi or talbub |
yalubba or yalubbi or yalbub |
talubbā |
yalubbā |
nalubba or nalubbi or nalbub |
talubbū |
yalubbū | |||
f | talubbī |
talubba or talubbi or talbub |
talubbā |
talbubna |
yalbubna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | lubba or lubbi or ulbub |
lubbā |
lubbū |
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f | lubbī |
ulbubna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | lubibtu |
lubibta |
لُبَّ lubba |
lubibtumā |
lubbā |
lubibnā |
lubibtum |
lubbū | |||
f | lubibti |
lubbat |
lubbatā |
lubibtunna |
lubibna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔulabbu |
tulabbu |
yulabbu |
tulabbāni |
yulabbāni |
nulabbu |
tulabbūna |
yulabbūna | |||
f | tulabbīna |
tulabbu |
tulabbāni |
tulbabna |
yulbabna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔulabba |
tulabba |
yulabba |
tulabbā |
yulabbā |
nulabba |
tulabbū |
yulabbū | |||
f | tulabbī |
tulabba |
tulabbā |
tulbabna |
yulbabna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔulabba or ʔulabbi or ʔulbab |
tulabba or tulabbi or tulbab |
yulabba or yulabbi or yulbab |
tulabbā |
yulabbā |
nulabba or nulabbi or nulbab |
tulabbū |
yulabbū | |||
f | tulabbī |
tulabba or tulabbi or tulbab |
tulabbā |
tulbabna |
yulbabna |
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
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
لب • (lebb) m pl
- 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)
Declension edit
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Persian لب (lab, “lip”).
Noun edit
لب • (leb)
- lip, either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth
- (by extension) edge, margin, border of a thing
Descendants edit
- Turkish: leb
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “leb”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2948
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[5], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1074
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Labium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[6], Vienna, column 896
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “لب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[7], Vienna, column 4141
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1625
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Arabic لُبّ (lubb, “pith, kernel”).
Noun edit
Further reading edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[9], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1074
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Nucleus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[10], Vienna, column 1156
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “لب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[11], Vienna, column 4142
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[12], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1625
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *lab- / *lap-, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“lip, to lick”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [laβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [læb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [läb]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | laḇ |
Dari reading? | lab |
Iranian reading? | lab |
Tajik reading? | lab |
Noun edit
Dari | لب |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | лаб |
لب • (lab) (plural لبان (labân) or لبها (lab-hâ))
- (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.)
- edge
Synonyms edit
- (edge): کنار (kenâr)
Related terms edit
- لبی (labi)
References edit
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لب”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 68
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
PIE word |
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*leb- |
Borrowed from Classical Persian لب (lab).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ləb/
- Rhymes: -əb
Noun edit
لب • (lab) m (Hindi spelling लब)
Declension edit
Declension of لب | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | لب (lab) | لب (lab) |
oblique | لب (lab) | لبوں (labō̃) |
vocative | لب (lab) | لبو (labō) |
Synonyms edit
- (lip): ہونٹھ (hõṭh)
References edit
- “لب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.