لبى

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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

Verb

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

  1. to comply, to follow, to meet
    Synonym: أَجَابَ (ʔajāba)
    لَبَّى ٱلنِّدَاءَlabbā n-nidāʔaHe answered the call
    • 2011, خالد الصّوفي, تاريخ العرب في إسبانيا: نهاية الخلافة الأمويّة في الأندلس , بغداد , بيروت , Freiberg am Neckar: منشورات الجمل , 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
  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

Descendants

  • Tajik: лаббай (labbay, yes; certainly)
  • Uyghur: لەببەي (lebbey, eh; what did you say?)
  • Uzbek: labbay (yes; certainly)

References

  • Drißner, Gerald (9 August 2019) “لَبَّيْكَ (labbaika) – What does it mean”, in Arabic for Nerds
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “لبى”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (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 (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 (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/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

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)