لبى

See also: لبی

Arabic

Etymology

From the dual of لَبّ (labb, “staying, biding”) used for emphasis in the phrase لَبَّيْكَ! (labbayka!, “here I am”, literally “your (two) stayings!”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lab.baː/

Verb

لَبَّى • (labbā) II (non-past يُلَبِّي (yulabbī), verbal noun تَلْبِيَة (talbiya))

1. to comply, to follow, to meet [with accusative ‘a call, demand, or requirement’]

   Synonym: أَجَابَ (ʔajāba)

   لَبَّى ٱلنِّدَاءَ ― labbā n-nidāʔa ― He answered the call

   • 2011, خالد الصّوفي, تاريخ العرب في إسبانيا: نهاية الخلافة الأمويّة في الأندلس [History of the Arabs in Spain. The End of The Ummayad Caliphate in Al-Andalus], بغداد [Baghdad], بيروت [Beirut], Freiberg am Neckar: منشورات الجمل [Al-Kamel Verlag], page 14:

     لبى شارلمان طلب الواليين العربيين وسار بجيوشه مخترقًا جبال البرنية

     Charlemagne complied with the demands of the Arab walis and rode out with his troops to pass the Pyrenees

     [translit?]
2. to say لَبَّيْكَ (labbayka, “here I am”) (like of pilgrims before entering Mecca)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of لَبَّى (II, final-weak, full passive, verbal noun تَلْبِيَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَلْبِيَة talbiya
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُلَبٍّ mulabbin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُلَبًّى mulabban
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	لَبَّيْتُ labbaytu	لَبَّيْتَ labbayta	لَبَّى labbā		لَبَّيْتُمَا labbaytumā	لَبَّيَا labbayā		لَبَّيْنَا labbaynā	لَبَّيْتُمْ labbaytum	لَبَّوْا labbaw
	f		لَبَّيْتِ labbayti	لَبَّتْ labbat			لَبَّتَا labbatā			لَبَّيْتُنَّ labbaytunna	لَبَّيْنَ labbayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُلَبِّي ʔulabbī	تُلَبِّي tulabbī	يُلَبِّي yulabbī		تُلَبِّيَانِ tulabbiyāni	يُلَبِّيَانِ yulabbiyāni		نُلَبِّي nulabbī	تُلَبُّونَ tulabbūna	يُلَبُّونَ yulabbūna
	f		تُلَبِّينَ tulabbīna	تُلَبِّي tulabbī			تُلَبِّيَانِ tulabbiyāni			تُلَبِّينَ tulabbīna	يُلَبِّينَ yulabbīna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُلَبِّيَ ʔulabbiya	تُلَبِّيَ tulabbiya	يُلَبِّيَ yulabbiya		تُلَبِّيَا tulabbiyā	يُلَبِّيَا yulabbiyā		نُلَبِّيَ nulabbiya	تُلَبُّوا tulabbū	يُلَبُّوا yulabbū
	f		تُلَبِّي tulabbī	تُلَبِّيَ tulabbiya			تُلَبِّيَا tulabbiyā			تُلَبِّينَ tulabbīna	يُلَبِّينَ yulabbīna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُلَبِّ ʔulabbi	تُلَبِّ tulabbi	يُلَبِّ yulabbi		تُلَبِّيَا tulabbiyā	يُلَبِّيَا yulabbiyā		نُلَبِّ nulabbi	تُلَبُّوا tulabbū	يُلَبُّوا yulabbū
	f		تُلَبِّي tulabbī	تُلَبِّ tulabbi			تُلَبِّيَا tulabbiyā			تُلَبِّينَ tulabbīna	يُلَبِّينَ yulabbīna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		لَبِّ labbi			لَبِّيَا labbiyā				لَبُّوا labbū
	f		لَبِّي labbī							لَبِّينَ labbīna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	لُبِّيتُ lubbītu	لُبِّيتَ lubbīta	لُبِّيَ lubbiya		لُبِّيتُمَا lubbītumā	لُبِّيَا lubbiyā		لُبِّينَا lubbīnā	لُبِّيتُمْ lubbītum	لُبُّوا lubbū
	f		لُبِّيتِ lubbīti	لُبِّيَتْ lubbiyat			لُبِّيَتَا lubbiyatā			لُبِّيتُنَّ lubbītunna	لُبِّينَ lubbīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُلَبَّى ʔulabbā	تُلَبَّى tulabbā	يُلَبَّى yulabbā		تُلَبَّيَانِ tulabbayāni	يُلَبَّيَانِ yulabbayāni		نُلَبَّى nulabbā	تُلَبَّوْنَ tulabbawna	يُلَبَّوْنَ yulabbawna
	f		تُلَبَّيْنَ tulabbayna	تُلَبَّى tulabbā			تُلَبَّيَانِ tulabbayāni			تُلَبَّيْنَ tulabbayna	يُلَبَّيْنَ yulabbayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُلَبَّى ʔulabbā	تُلَبَّى tulabbā	يُلَبَّى yulabbā		تُلَبَّيَا tulabbayā	يُلَبَّيَا yulabbayā		نُلَبَّى nulabbā	تُلَبَّوْا tulabbaw	يُلَبَّوْا yulabbaw
	f		تُلَبَّيْ tulabbay	تُلَبَّى tulabbā			تُلَبَّيَا tulabbayā			تُلَبَّيْنَ tulabbayna	يُلَبَّيْنَ yulabbayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُلَبَّ ʔulabba	تُلَبَّ tulabba	يُلَبَّ yulabba		تُلَبَّيَا tulabbayā	يُلَبَّيَا yulabbayā		نُلَبَّ nulabba	تُلَبَّوْا tulabbaw	يُلَبَّوْا yulabbaw
	f		تُلَبَّيْ tulabbay	تُلَبَّ tulabba			تُلَبَّيَا tulabbayā			تُلَبَّيْنَ tulabbayna	يُلَبَّيْنَ yulabbayna

References

• Drißner, Gerald (2019 August 9) “لَبَّيْكَ (labbaika) – What does it mean”, in Arabic for Nerds‎^[1]
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “لبى”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 515
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “لبى”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 84
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “لبى”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1142

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَبَّى (labbā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lab.ba/, [ˈlab.ba]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Verb

لبّى • (labba) II (present بلبّي (bilabbi))

1. (formal) to grant (a request), to meet (a demand)

   رح نضلّ مضربين لحتّى يلبّو مطالبنا.

   rāḥ nḍall muḍribīn la-ḥatta ylabbu maṭālebna.

   We will remain on strike until they meet our demands.

Conjugation

Conjugation of لبى

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	لبّيت (labbēt)	لبّيت (labbēt)	لبّى (labba)		لبّينا (labbēna)	لبّيتو (labbētu)	لبّو (labbu)
	f		لبّيتي (labbēti)	لبّت (labbat)
present	m	بلبّي (balabbi)	بتلبّي (bitlabbi)	بلبّي (bilabbi)		منلبّي (minlabbi)	بتلبّو (bitlabbu)	بلبّو (bilabbu)
	f		بتلبّي (bitlabbi)	بتلبّي (bitlabbi)
subjunctive	m	البّي (alabbi)	تلبّي (tlabbi)	يلبّي (ylabbi)		نلبّي (nlabbi)	تلبّو (tlabbu)	يلبّو (ylabbu)
	f		تلبّي (tlabbi)	تلبّي (tlabbi)
imperative	m		لبّي (labbi)				لبّو (labbu)
	f		لبّي (labbi)