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 ٱلنِّدَاءَ ― labbā n-nidāʔa ― He 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)
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