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لابة

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root ل و ب (l-w-b) related to being black or parched.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Word is native, of course; but is the use for "lava" from the unrelated European word or is it also old? (Lane doesn't have it.)”

Noun

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لَابَة (lābaf

  1. (uncountable) black volcanic rock, basalt
  2. (uncountable) lava (ejected magma)

Declension

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