لبك

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From rarer Arabic لَبَّكَ (labbaka, “to mix, to confuse”). Probably with -l- for -r- the same root as in Arabic أَرْبَكَ (ʔarbaka, “to confuse, to embarrass”).

Verb

لبك • (labbak) (present بيلبك (bilabbik))

1. to confuse; to embarrass

Synonyms

• حير (ḥayyar)

Related terms

• تلبك (tlabbak)