لعاب

See also: لغات

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ل ع ب (l ʕ b)
7 terms

Compare لَعَبَ (laʕaba, “to drool”), لَعِبَ (laʕiba, “to play”).

Noun

لُعَاب • (luʕāb) m (usually uncountable)

Declension

Declension of noun **لُعَاب** (luʕāb)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لُعَاب luʕāb	اللُّعَاب al-luʕāb	لُعَاب luʕāb
nominative	لُعَابٌ luʕābun	اللُّعَابُ al-luʕābu	لُعَابُ luʕābu
accusative	لُعَابًا luʕāban	اللُّعَابَ al-luʕāba	لُعَابَ luʕāba
genitive	لُعَابٍ luʕābin	اللُّعَابِ al-luʕābi	لُعَابِ luʕābi

Synonyms

رِيق m (rīq)

Derived terms

لُعَابِيّ (luʕābiyy, “salivary”)
لُعَاب عَنْكَبُوت (luʕāb ʕankabūt, “spider web”)
لُعَاب الشَّمْس (luʕāb aš-šams, “gossamer”)
لُعَاب النَّحْل (luʕāb an-naḥl, “honey”)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لعاب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Adjective

لَعَّاب • (laʕʕāb)

very playful

Declension

Declension of adjective **لَعَّاب** (laʕʕāb)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	لَعَّاب laʕʕāb	اللَّعَّاب al-laʕʕāb	لَعَّابَة laʕʕāba	اللَّعَّابَة al-laʕʕāba
nominative	لَعَّابٌ laʕʕābun	اللَّعَّابُ al-laʕʕābu	لَعَّابَةٌ laʕʕābatun	اللَّعَّابَةُ al-laʕʕābatu
accusative	لَعَّابًا laʕʕāban	اللَّعَّابَ al-laʕʕāba	لَعَّابَةً laʕʕābatan	اللَّعَّابَةَ al-laʕʕābata
genitive	لَعَّابٍ laʕʕābin	اللَّعَّابِ al-laʕʕābi	لَعَّابَةٍ laʕʕābatin	اللَّعَّابَةِ al-laʕʕābati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	لَعَّابَيْن laʕʕābayn	اللَّعَّابَيْن al-laʕʕābayn	لَعَّابَتَيْن laʕʕābatayn	اللَّعَّابَتَيْن al-laʕʕābatayn
nominative	لَعَّابَانِ laʕʕābāni	اللَّعَّابَانِ al-laʕʕābāni	لَعَّابَتَانِ laʕʕābatāni	اللَّعَّابَتَانِ al-laʕʕābatāni
accusative	لَعَّابَيْنِ laʕʕābayni	اللَّعَّابَيْنِ al-laʕʕābayni	لَعَّابَتَيْنِ laʕʕābatayni	اللَّعَّابَتَيْنِ al-laʕʕābatayni
genitive	لَعَّابَيْنِ laʕʕābayni	اللَّعَّابَيْنِ al-laʕʕābayni	لَعَّابَتَيْنِ laʕʕābatayni	اللَّعَّابَتَيْنِ al-laʕʕābatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	لَعَّابَات laʕʕābāt	اللَّعَّابَات al-laʕʕābāt
nominative	?	?	لَعَّابَاتٌ laʕʕābātun	اللَّعَّابَاتُ al-laʕʕābātu
accusative	?	?	لَعَّابَاتٍ laʕʕābātin	اللَّعَّابَاتِ al-laʕʕābāti
genitive	?	?	لَعَّابَاتٍ laʕʕābātin	اللَّعَّابَاتِ al-laʕʕābāti

Synonyms

لعبَة
لعيب

Etymology 3

Noun

لِعَاب • (liʕāb) m

verbal noun of لَاعَبَ (lāʕaba) (form III)
- a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, مُنًى كُنَّ لِي أَنَّ البَيَاضَ خِضَابُ (munan kunna lī ʔanna l-bayāḍa ḵiḍābu):
  تَرَكْنَا لِأَطْرَافِ الْقَنَا كُلَّ شَهْوَةٍ
  فَلَيْسَ لَنَا إِلَّا بِهِنَّ لِعَابُ
  taraknā li-ʔaṭrāfi l-qanā kulla šahwatin
  fa-laysa lanā ʔillā bihinna liʕābu
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun **لِعَاب** (liʕāb)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لِعَاب liʕāb	اللِّعَاب al-liʕāb	لِعَاب liʕāb
nominative	لِعَابٌ liʕābun	اللِّعَابُ al-liʕābu	لِعَابُ liʕābu
accusative	لِعَابًا liʕāban	اللِّعَابَ al-liʕāba	لِعَابَ liʕāba
genitive	لِعَابٍ liʕābin	اللِّعَابِ al-liʕābi	لِعَابِ liʕābi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُعَاب (luʕāb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /lu.ˈʔaːb/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lo̞.ʔɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lʊ.wɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lu.wɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lo.ʔɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lu.ʔɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	lu'āb
Dari reading^?	lo'āb
Iranian reading^?	lo'âb
Tajik reading^?	lu'ob

Noun

لعاب • (lo'âb)

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

Adjective

Declension

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Etymology 3

Noun

Declension

Persian

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Pronunciation

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