See also: لغت

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ل ع ب (l-ʕ-b)

Verb edit

لَعِبَ or لَعَبَ (laʕaba or laʕiba) I, non-past يَلْعَبُ‎ (yalʕabu)

  1. to slobber, to drool

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /la.ʕi.ba/
  • (file)

Verb edit

لَعِبَ (laʕiba) I, non-past يَلْعَبُ‎ (yalʕabu)

  1. to play
    الْأَطْفَالُ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِهِم.
    al-ʔaṭfālu yalʕabūna fī l-ḥadīqati maʕa ʔaṣdiqāʔihim.
    The children play in the park with their friends.
  2. to trick, to cheat
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

لَعَّبَ (laʕʕaba) II, non-past يُلَعِّبُ‎ (yulaʕʕibu)

  1. to cause to play, to set in motion
  2. to wag
Conjugation edit

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

لَعْب or لِعْب or لَعِب (laʕb or liʕb or laʕibm (collective, plural أَلْعَاب (ʔalʕāb))

  1. verbal noun of لَعَبَ (laʕaba) (form I)
  2. game
  3. sport, amusement, diversion
Declension edit

Etymology 5 edit

Noun edit

لُعَب (luʕabf pl

  1. plural of لُعْبَة (luʕba, toy)

Etymology 6 edit

Noun edit

لُعْب (luʕbm

  1. verbal noun of لَعِبَ (laʕiba) (form I)
Declension edit

Etymology 7 edit

Noun edit

لِعْب (liʕbm

  1. verbal noun of لَعِبَ (laʕiba) (form I)
Declension edit

Etymology 8 edit

Noun edit

لَعِب (laʕibm

  1. verbal noun of لَعِبَ (laʕiba) (form I)
Declension edit

Etymology 9 edit

Adjective edit

لَعِب (laʕib)

  1. funny, amusing
Declension edit

Etymology 10 edit

Noun edit

لَعْب (laʕbm

  1. verbal noun of لَعَبَ (laʕaba) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of لَعِبَ (laʕiba) (form I)
Declension edit

Baluchi edit

Noun edit

لعب (la'b)

  1. game

See also edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ل ع ب
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic لَعِبَ (laʕiba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /li.ʕib/, [ˈli.ʕɪb]
  • (file)

Verb edit

لعب (liʕib) I (present بلعب (bilʕab), active participle لاعب (lāʕeb))

  1. to play
    الولاد عم بلعبو في الشارع.
    il-ūlād ʕamm bilʕabu fi iš-šāreʕ.
    The kids are playing in the street.
    لعبت دور الأخت الكبيرة.
    liʕbat dōr il-oḵt il-kbīre.
    She played the role of the big sister.
  2. to exercise, to work out
    عم بلعب بالنادي.
    ʕamm balʕab bin-nādi.
    I'm working out at the gym.

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of لعب (liʕib)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لعبت (lʕibt) لعبت (lʕibt) لعب (liʕib) لعبنا (lʕibna) لعبتو (lʕibtu) لعبو (liʕbu)
f لعبتي (lʕibti) لعبت (liʕbat)
present m بلعب (balʕab) بتلعب (btilʕab) بلعب (bilʕab) منلعب (mnilʕab) بتلعبو (btilʕabu) بلعبو (bilʕabu)
f بتلعبي (btilʕabi) بتلعب (btilʕab)
subjunctive m ألعب (ʔalʕab) تلعب (tilʕab) يلعب (yilʕab) نلعب (nilʕab) تلعبو (tilʕabu) يلعبو (yilʕabu)
f تلعبي (tilʕabi) تلعب (tilʕab)
imperative m العب (ilʕab) العبو (ilʕabu)
f العبي (ilʕabi)

See also edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian لعب (la'b), from Arabic لَعْب (laʕb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

لَعْب (la'bm (Hindi spelling लाब)

  1. play, sport, game
    Synonym: کھیل (khel)

References edit

  • لعب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • لعب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.