لب

See also: لپ‎

Arabic

Etymology

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

لُبّ • (lubb) m (plural لُبُوب‎ (lubūb))

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

Declension

Noun

لُبّ • (lubb) m (plural أَلْبَاب‎ (ʔalbāb))

  1. intellect, discernment

Declension

Verb

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

  1. to stay, to bide, to persevere

Conjugation

Verb

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

Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), “لب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 78
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “لب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, 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; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “لب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1138
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “لب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 906

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لب‎.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [leb], /ˈleb(b)/

Noun

لب • (lebb) m pl

  1. kernels (specifically seed kernels)

Usage notes

The singular is لبة‎ (lebba) f, s

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian لب‎ (lab, “lip”).

Noun

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
  • Turkish: leb

Further reading

Etymology 2

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

Noun

لب • (lubb) (plural لبوب‎)

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

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leb-.

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /lab/

    Noun

    Dari لب
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik лаб (lab)

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

    1. lip
      اگه گفتی دوستت دارم فقط بازی لب‌هات بود.‎
      Age gofti duset dâram faqat bâziye labhât bud. (colloquial)
    2. edge

    Synonyms

    Urdu

    Etymology

    PIE word
    *leb-

    Borrowed from Classical Persian لب‎ (lab).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    لب • (lab) m (Hindi spelling लब)

    1. lip
    2. edge
    3. margin, brim; shore

    Declension

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

    Synonyms

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