لعب

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ل ع ب (l-ʕ-b)

Verb

لَعِبَ or لَعَبَ (laʕaba or laʕiba) I, non-past يَلْعَبُ‎ (yalʕabu)

  1. to slobber, to drool

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ʕi.ba/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

لَعِبَ (laʕiba) I, non-past يَلْعَبُ‎ (yalʕabu)

  1. to play
    الْأَطْفَالُ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِهِم.
    al-ʔaṭfālu yalʕabūna fī l-ḥadīqati maʕa ʔaṣdiqāʔihim.
    The children play in the park with their friends.
  2. to trick, to cheat
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Verb

لَعَّبَ (laʕʕaba) II, non-past يُلَعِّبُ‎ (yulaʕʕibu)

  1. to cause to play, to set in motion
  2. to wag
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Noun

لَعْب or لِعْب or لَعِب (laʕb or liʕb or laʕibm (collective, plural أَلْعَاب (ʔalʕāb))

  1. verbal noun of لَعَبَ (laʕaba) (form I)
  2. game
  3. sport, amusement, diversion
Declension

Etymology 5

Noun

لُعَب (luʕabf pl

  1. plural of لُعْبَة (luʕba, toy)

Etymology 6

Noun

لُعْب (luʕbm

  1. verbal noun of لَعِبَ (laʕiba) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 7

Noun

لِعْب (liʕbm

  1. verbal noun of لَعِبَ (laʕiba) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 8

Noun

لَعِب (laʕibm

  1. verbal noun of لَعِبَ (laʕiba) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 9

Adjective

لَعِب (laʕib)

  1. funny, amusing
Declension

Etymology 10

Noun

لَعْب (laʕbm

  1. verbal noun of لَعَبَ (laʕaba) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of لَعِبَ (laʕiba) (form I)
Declension

Baluchi

Noun

لعب (la'b)

  1. game

See also

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ع ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic لَعِبَ (laʕiba).

Pronunciation

Verb

لعب (liʕib) I (present بلعب (bilʕab), active participle لاعب (lāʕeb))

  1. to play
    الولاد عم بلعبو في الشارع.
    il-ūlād ʕamm bilʕabu fi iš-šāreʕ.
    The kids are playing in the street.
    لعبت دور الأخت الكبيرة.
    liʕbat dōr il-oḵt il-kbīre.
    She played the role of the big sister.
  2. to exercise, to work out
    عم بلعب بالنادي.
    ʕamm balʕab bin-nādi.
    I'm working out at the gym.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of لعب (liʕib)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لعبت (lʕibt) لعبت (lʕibt) لعب (liʕib) لعبنا (lʕibna) لعبتو (lʕibtu) لعبو (liʕbu)
f لعبتي (lʕibti) لعبت (liʕbat)
present m بلعب (balʕab) بتلعب (btilʕab) بلعب (bilʕab) منلعب (mnilʕab) بتلعبو (btilʕabu) بلعبو (bilʕabu)
f بتلعبي (btilʕabi) بتلعب (btilʕab)
subjunctive m ألعب (ʔalʕab) تلعب (tilʕab) يلعب (yilʕab) نلعب (nilʕab) تلعبو (tilʕabu) يلعبو (yilʕabu)
f تلعبي (tilʕabi) تلعب (tilʕab)
imperative m العب (ilʕab) العبو (ilʕabu)
f العبي (ilʕabi)

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لعب (la'b), from Arabic لَعْب (laʕb).

Pronunciation

Noun

لَعْب (la'bm (Hindi spelling लाब)

  1. play, sport, game
    Synonym: کھیل (khel)

References

  • لعب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • لعب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.