ل ب ن

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew ל־ב־ן‎ (l-b-n). Compare Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”).

Root

ل ب ن • (l-b-n)

  1. related to whiteness such as of frankincense or milk

Derived terms

  • Form I: لَبَنَ‎ (labana, “to eat much; to strike, to beat; to suck milk”)
    • Verbal noun: لَبْن‎ (labn)
    • Active participle: لَابِن‎ (lābin)
    • Passive participle: مَلْبُون‎ (malbūn)
  • Form I: لَبِنَ‎ (labina, “to abound in milk, to have much milk; to be affected by cervical pain”)
    • Verbal noun: لَبَن‎ (laban)
    • Active participle: لَابِن‎ (lābin)
  • Form IV: أَلْبَنَ‎ (ʔalbana, “to generate much milk”)
    • Verbal noun: إِلْبَان‎ (ʔilbān)
    • Active participle: مُلْبِن‎ (mulbin)
  • Form V: تَلَبَّنَ‎ (talabbana, “to tarry, to linger”)
    • Verbal noun: تَلَبُّن‎ (talabbun)
    • Active participle: مُتَلَبِّن‎ (mutalabbin)
  • Form VIII: اِلْتَبَنَ‎ (iltabana, “to suck milk”)
    • Verbal noun: اِلْتِبَان‎ (iltibān)
    • Active participle: مُلْتَبِن‎ (multabin)
    • Passive participle: مُلْتَبَن‎ (multaban)
  • Form X: اِسْتَلْبَنَ‎ (istalbana, “to desire milk from”)
    • Verbal noun: اِسْتِلْبَان‎ (istilbān)
    • Active participle: مُسْتَلْبِن‎ (mustalbin)
    • Passive participle: مُسْتَلْبَن‎ (mustalban)
  • لَبَن‎ (laban, “milk”)
  • لَبَان‎ (labān, “breast”)
  • لِبَان‎ (libān, “suckling, lactation”)
  • لَبَان‎ (labān, “olibanum; gum”)
  • أَلْبَان‎ (ʔalbān, “diary”)
  • لِبَانَة‎ (libāna, “diary”)
  • لُبَانَة‎ (lubāna, “desideratum; emprise, undertaking”)
  • لَبِن‎ (labin) and لَبُون‎ (labūn, “giving milk, lactating”)
  • لُبْنَى‎ (lubnā, “Styrax officinalis”)
  • مِلْبَن‎ (milban, “milk vessel”)
  • مِلْبَنَة‎ (milbana, “spoonful”)
  • لبنة‎ (libna, labna, “lebna (milk product)”)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), “ل ب ن”, 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, pages 83–84
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