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لب

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See also: لپ

Arabic

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Etymology

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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

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لُبّ (lubbm (plural لُبُوب (lubūb))

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

Declension

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Noun

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لُبّ (lubbm (plural أَلْبَاب (ʔalbāb))

  1. intellect, discernment

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Verb

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لَبَّ (labba) I (non-past يَلُبُّ (yalubbu), verbal noun لَبّ (labb))

  1. to stay, to bide, to persevere

Conjugation

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Verb

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لَبَّ (labba) I (first-person singular past لَبَبْتُ (lababtu), non-past يَلَبُّ (yalabbu), verbal noun لَبَب (labab)), first-person non-past لَبِبْتُ (labibtu)
لَبَّ (labba) I (non-past يَلُبُّ (yalubbu), verbal noun لَبَابَة (labāba)), first-person non-past لَبُبْتُ (labubtu)

  1. to be intelligent, to be smart

Conjugation

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “لب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 78
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “لب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], 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 with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “لب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1138
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 906

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لب.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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لب (lebbm pl

  1. kernels (specifically seed kernels)

Usage notes

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The singular is لبة (lebba) f, s

Descendants

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  • Greek: λίμπ (límp) (Egyptiot Dialect)

Khalaj

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Noun

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لَب (ləb) (definite accusative لَبی, plural لَبلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of ləb (lip)

Declension

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Declension of لب
singular plural
nominative لب لبلَر
genitive لبۆݧ لبلَریݧ
dative لبکه لبلَرکه
definite accusative لبۆ لبلَری
locative لبچه لبلَرچه
ablative لبده لبلَرده
instrumental لبله لبلَرله
equative لبوارا لبلَروارا

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Persian لب (lab, lip).

Noun

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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)
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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لب (lubb) (plural لبوب)

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

Further reading

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  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[9], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1074
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Nucleus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[10], Vienna, column 1156
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “لب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[11], Vienna, column 4142
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[12], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1625

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *lab- / *lap-, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (lip, to lick).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? laḇ
Dari reading? lab
Iranian reading? lab
Tajik reading? lab

Noun

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Dari لب
Iranian Persian
Tajik лаб

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

  1. (anatomy) lip
    اگه گفتی دوستت دارم فقط بازی لب‌هات بود.
    Age gofti duset dâram faqat bâziye labhât bud.
    (colloquial) If (when) you said you love me, you weren't serious. (Literally: it was only your lip play.)
  2. edge
    Synonym: کنار (kenâr)
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References

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Urdu

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Etymology

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PIE word
*leb-

Borrowed from Classical Persian لَب (lab). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi لب (lb /⁠lab⁠/).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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لَب (labm (Hindi spelling लब)

  1. (anatomy) lip
    Synonym: ہون٘ٹ (hõṭ)
  2. upper lip, edge of the lip
  3. edge; shore; margin (ie. of a river, coast etc.)

Declension

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Declension of لب
singular plural
direct لَب (lab) لَب (lab)
oblique لَب (lab) لَبوں (labõ)
vocative لَب (lab) لَبو (labo)

References

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  1. ^ لب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

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  • لب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “لب”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]