لعب

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Form 1لَعِبَ4 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarلَعِبٌ مُلَاعَبَةٌ ملاعبة لَعْبٌ

Core sense — he played, sported, jested; he (a child) slaveredgenerated

1.1he played, sported, gamed, jested, or joked—تلاعب

(the original and most common form), لِعْبٌ (contracted from it), and لَعْبٌ (also contracted from the first: not heard by IKt, but authorized by Mekkee, who holds that it agrees with a constant rule applying to any word of similar measure that has a guttural letter as its middle radical, whether noun or verb).

Also أُلْعُوبَةٌ and تَلْعَابٌ, this last with an intensive or frequentative meaning; and لعّب and تلعّب, this last also frequentative or intensive, as is the form before it.

The opposite of جَدَّ, which means he was serious, or in earnest.

between them is playing, or jesting—بَيْنَهُمْ أُلْعُوبَةٌ

he played, jested, or toyed with her—لَاعَبَهَا

Maṣdar مُلَاعَبَةٌ and لِعَابٌ.

I played with the man—لَاعَبْتُ الرَّجُلَ

1.1.1figurative · مجازthe wind sported with the lighting-place, or place of abode—لَعِبَتِ الرِّيحُ بِالمَنْزِلِ

That is, it obliterated the traces of it.

Also said as تَلَاعَبَت.

1.1.2the waves sported with us—لَعِبَ بِنَا المَوْجُ

The commotion of the waves is called "sporting" because it does not carry the voyagers to the quarter they want to reach.

1.2he (a child) slavered, or drivelled, letting slaver flow from his mouth—لَعَبَ

Also لَعِبَ.

maṣdar لَعْبٌ and العب.

The first of the two forms is the more approved. Or العب الصَّبِىُّ means the child became slavering, or drivelling.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 4 shown of 9

7:98

أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played about (care-free)?

12:12

أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ

"Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and we shall take every care of him."

44:9

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ

Yet they play about in doubt.

52:12

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. لَعَبَ , inf. n. لَعِبٌ (which is the original [and most common] form, TA) and لِعْبٌ (S, K: the latter of these inf. ns. contracted from the former, Msb) and لَعْبٌ (K: also contracted from the first: not heard by IKt; but authorized by Mekkee, and, accord. to him, agreeable with a constant rule, applicable in the case of any word of a similar measure having a guttural letter as its medial radical, whether a noun or verb: (TA:) and أُلْعُوبَةٌ (S, K) and تَلْعَابٌ ; (K; but this last has an intensive, or a frequentative, signification; S;) and لعّب (K) and تلعّب (S, K: but this last has a frequentative [or an intensive] signification; S; [and so too has that immediately preceding it;]) and تلاعب ; (K;) He played, sported, gamed, jested, or joked: contr. of جَدَّ , which signifies “ he was serious, or in earnest. ” (K.) [You say] بَيْنَهُمْ أُلْعُوبَةٌ Between them is playing, sporting, or the like. (K.) [And so] لَاعَبَهَا , (inf. n. مُلَاعَبَةٌ and لِعَابٌ , TA,) He played, sported, gamed, jested, or joked, with her: (K:) [he toyed, dallied, or wantoned, with her:] and لَاعَبْتُ الرَّجُلَ , inf. n. ملاعبة , I played, &c., with the man. (S) لَعِبَتِ الرِّيحُ بِالمَنْزِلِ , and تَلَاعَبَت , [The wind sported with the lighting-place, or place of abode]: i. e., obliterated the traces of it. (TA.) لَعِبَ بِنَا المَوْجُ [The waves sported with us]: the commotion of the waves is called “ sporting ” because it does not convey the voyagers to the quarter whither they desire to go. (TA, from a trad.) لَعَبَ , (and لَعِبَ , K,) aor. لَعَبَ , inf. n. لَعْبٌ ; (S, K;) and العب ; (K;) He (a child, S) slavered; drivelled; emitted a flow of slaver or drivel from his mouth. (S, K.) The first word is the most approved: (TA:) or العب الصَّبِىُّ signifies the child became slavering, or drivelling. (S.)

Form 3لَاْعَبَ1 sense

Core sense — he played, or jested, with someonegenerated

3.1

See form 1.

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see 1.

Form 4أَلْعَبَهَا2 senses

Core sense — he made her play; he brought her something to play withgenerated

4.1

He made her play, sport, or game; or he brought her something to play with.

4.2

See form 1.

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He made her to play, sport, or game, &c., (with him: accord. to the CK:) or he brought her a thing with which to play, &c. (K.) See 1.

Form 5تلعّب1 sense

Core sense — he played time after timegenerated

5.1

He played time after time.

Derived nouns 20

Nounلَعْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — playing, sport, jestinggenerated

For عَلْبٌ, see that word.

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for عَلْبٌ : see the latter.

Nounلِعْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — playing, sport, jestinggenerated

See لَعِبٌ.

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: see لَعِبٌ

Nounلَعِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who plays, or jests, much; a great playergenerated

1one who plays, sports, jests, or jokes much; a great player—لَعَّابٌ

Forms of the same meaning: لِعِبٌ (with two kesrehs, following a constant rule in cases of this kind, whereby the measure فَعِلٌ is changed into فِعِلٌ, the middle radical letter being a guttural; but the CK and a manuscript copy have لِعْبٌ, which is also regularly changed from the first), أُلْعُبَانٌ, لُعَبَةٌ, لُعْبَةٌ (reported as from the K, but not found in any copy of it), تِلْعِيبَةٌ, تِلْعَابٌ, تِلْعَابَةٌ, تَلْعَابٌ, تَلْعَابَةٌ, تِلِعَّابٌ, and تِلِعَّابَةٌ.

The last of these is like تِلِقَّامَةٌ: the ة is added to make the meaning more intensive, as in عَلَّامَةٌ and نَسَّابَةٌ; En-Nábighah El-Jaadee also uses it in the place of a maṣdar.

لَعُوبٌ is common to both genders.

Qur’ānic occurrences لَعِب 1 shown of 8

5:58

وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ

When ye proclaim your call to prayer they take it (but) as mockery and sport; that is because they are a people without understanding.

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and لِعِبٌ (with two kesrehs, agreeably with a constant rule obtaining in cases of this kind, [whereby the measure فَعِلٌ is changed into فِعِلٌ , the medial radical letter being a guttural,] TA, [but in the CK and a MS. copy, لِعْبٌ , which is also regularly changed from the first,]) and أُلْعُبَانٌ and لُعَبَةٌ (K) and لُعْبَةٌ (TA, as from the K, [but not found by me in any copy of the latter work,]) and تِلْعِيبَةٌ and تِلْعَابٌ (K) and تِلْعَابَةٌ (S, K) and تَلْعَابٌ and تَلْعَابَةٌ and تِلِعَّابٌ and تِلِعَّابَةٌ (K: the last like تِلِقَّامَةٌ : the ة is added to give [additional] intensiveness to the signification, as in the cases of عَلَّامَةٌ and نَسَّابَةٌ : it is also used by En-Nábighah El-Jaadee in the place of an inf. n.: TA) and لَعُوبٌ [which is common to both genders] and لَعَّابٌ (A, &c.) One who plays, sports, games, jests, or jokes, much, or often; a great player, sporter, &c. (S, K.)

Nounلِعِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — playing, sport, jestinggenerated

See لَعِبٌ.

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: see لَعِبٌ .

Nounلَعْبَةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a turn in play, a single game; a certain fattening medicinegenerated

1a turn in play, in a game; a single act of a play or game—لُعْبَةٌ

whose turn is it to play?—لِمَنَ اللُّعْبَةُ

With dammeh on the ل, because it is a noun.

sit until I finish this turn of the game—هٰذِهِ اللُّعْبَةِ أُقْعُدْ أَفْرُغَ مِنْ

According to Th it is better to say من هذه اللَّعْبَةِ, with fet-hah, because a single turn in the game is meant.

1.1I played one game—لَعِبْتُ لَعْبَةً وَاحِدَةً

2a certain medicine which fattens—اللَّعْبَةُ البَرْبَرِيَّةُ

Some copies of the K have اللُّعْبَةُ.

It resembles what is called السُّورَنْجَانُ.

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(Th, S) and لُعْبَةٌ (ISk, S, K) A turn in play, in a game, &c.; a single act of a play or game &c. (S, K, &c.) [You say] لِمَنَ اللُّعْبَةُ [Whose turn is it to play?] with dammeh to the ل , because it is a subst.; (ISk;) [and] هٰذِهِ اللُّعْبَةِ أُقْعُدْ أَفْرُغَ مِنْ [Sit until I finish this turn of the game]: but accord. to Th, it is better to say من هذه اللَّعْبَةِ , with fet-hah; because what is meant is a single turn in the game. (S.) لَعِبْتُ لَعْبَةً وَاحِدَةً [I played one game]. (Fr.) اللَّعْبَةُ البَرْبَرِيَّةُ (in some copies of the K, اللُّعْبَةُ ) A certain medicine, resembling what is called السُّورَنْجَانُ , which fattens. (K.)

Nounلُعْبَةٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — anything one plays with; a laughing-stock; an image, or puppetgenerated

Anything one plays with, such as شِطْرَنْج and the like, and نَرْد.

See also لَعْبَةٌ.

1.1

A man one plays, sports, or jests with; a laughing-stock; a stupid fellow, or fool, who is mocked, laughed at, or ridiculed.

1.2

An image or effigy [with which to play: a puppet: so the word signifies in the present day].

[It was probably sometimes applied to a crucifix. And from this, or perhaps from its likeness to a man with outstretched arms, some post-classical writers apply it to a cross, and to anything in the form of a cross.]

1.3

The image that is seen in the black of the eye when a thing faces it; also called عَيْرٌ. So Aboo-Ṭálib, in L, art. عير.

1.4

See لَعِبٌ.

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Anything with which one plays, as شِطْرَنْج and the like, (S, K,) and نَرْد . (S.) See also لَعْبَةٌ . A man with whom one plays, sports, or jests: (K:) one who is a laughing-stock: (TA:) a stupid fellow, or fool, whom one mocks, laughs at, or ridicules; a stupid laughing-stock (K.) An image or effigy [with which to play: a puppet: so the word signifies in the present day]. (K.) [It was probably sometimes applied to A crucifix. And hence, or perhaps from its resemblance to a man with outstretched arms, it is applied by some post-classical writers to A cross; and anything in the form of a cross.] The image that is seen in the black of the eye when a thing faces it; also called عَيْرٌ . (Aboo-Tálib, in L, art. عير .) See لَعِبٌ .

Nounلِعْبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a mode, or manner, of playinggenerated

1such a one has a good manner of playing—فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ اللِّعْبَةِ

A mode, or manner, of playing, sporting, or gaming.

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A mode, or manner, of playing, sporting, gaming, &c. You say, فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ اللِّعْبَةِ [Such a one has a good manner of playing, &c. (S.)

Nounلُعَبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who plays, or jests, muchgenerated

See لَعِبٌ.

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: see لَعِبٌ .

Nounلُعَابٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — slaver, drivel; mucilage of plants; gossamergenerated

What flows from the mouth; slaver; drivel.

1.1

[Mucilage of plants.] See S, art. لزج, and the like.

1.2figurative · مجازthe honey of the date-palm—لُعَابُ النَّخْلِ

1.3figurative · مجازgossamer: what one sees as though coming down from the sky in the mid-day heat, like cobwebs—لُعَابُ الشَّمْسِ

[In Egypt, in very hot and calm weather, I have seen, though very rarely, great quantities of the filmy substances mentioned above, resembling delicate and silky white cobwebs, generally of stringy forms, floating in the air.]

It is also said to be the سَرَاب, or mirage.

It is what is called مُخَاطُ الشَّيْطَانِ, سَهَامٌ, and رِيقُ الشَّمْسِ: threadlike things seen in the air when the heat is intense and the air still.

Anyone who asserts that the لعاب الشمس is the سراب says what is false; that is the سراب, which is seen at mid-day and looks like running water. Only someone who has lived constantly in the deserts and has travelled in the mid-day heats knows these things.

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What flows from the mouth; slaver; drivel. (S, K.) [Mucilage of plants. See S, art. لزج &c.] لُعَابُ النَّخْلِ The honey of the date-palm. (S, K.) لُعَابُ الشَّمْسِ A thing (that one sees, TA) as though descending from the sky, at the time of the mid-day heat; (K;) what one sees in a time of intense heat, resembling cobwebs: [i. e. gossamer:] also said to be the سَرَاب , or mirage: (S:) it is what is called مُخَاطُ الشَّيْطَانِ , and سَهَامٌ , and رِيقُ الشَّمْسِ , resembling threads, seen in the air when the heat is intense and the air calm: and he who asserts the لعاب الشمس to be the سراب says what is false; for that is the سراب that is seen at mid-day resembling running water: only he knows these things who has been constantly in the deserts, and has journeyed during the mid-day heats. (Az.) [In Egypt, in very hot and calm weather, I have seen, though very rarely, great quantities of the filmy substances above mentioned, resembling delicate and silky white cobwebs, generally of stringy forms, floating in the air.]

Nounجَارِيَةٌ لَعُوبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a playful, sportive girl who flirts prettilygenerated

A playful, sportive girl; one who flirts prettily, with pretended shyness.

Plural لَعَائِبُ.

See also لَعِبٌ.

1.1by no means shall any one of you take his brother's property in play (and) in earnest—لَا يَأْخُذَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ مَتَاعَ أَخِيهِ لَاعِبًا جَادًّا

What is meant is taking a thing without meaning to steal it, but meaning to vex and anger the owner; so the taker is in play with respect to theft, but in earnest in annoying.

1.2you are only playing—إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ لَاعِبٌ

Said to anyone who does something useless.

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Playing, sporting, gaming, jesting, or joking. (TA.) See also لَعِبٌ . لَا يَأْخُذَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ مَتَاعَ أَخِيهِ لَاعِبًا جَادًّا [By no means shall any one of you take the property of his brother in play (and) in earnest]: by this is meant taking a thing without meaning to steal it, but meaning to vex and anger the owner; so that the taker is in play with respect to theft, but in earnest in annoying. (TA, from a trad.) إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ لَاعِبٌ [Thou art only playing]: said to anyone who does what is unprofitable. (TA.)

Nounأُلْعُوبَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a thing one plays with, a toygenerated

A thing with which one plays. (Mz, 40th نوع)

[See also لُعْبَةٌ.]

1.1

Also a maṣdar of لَعِبَ.

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A thing with which one plays (Mz, 40th نوع .) [See also لُعْبَةٌ .] Also an inf. n. of لَعِبَ . (S, K.)

Nounأُلْعَبَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who plays, or jests, muchgenerated

See لَعِبٌ.

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Nounمَلْعَبٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a place of playing; a place where the wind blows violentlygenerated

A place of playing, sporting, or gaming; a place where plays, games, or sports are performed.

Plural مَلَاعِبُ.

1.1figurative · مجازthe sporting-places of the wind—مَلَاعِبُ الرِّيحِ

Places where the wind blows, or has blown, violently. Synonym مَدَارِجُهَا.

1.2figurative · مجازI left him in the sporting-places of the Jinn, or genii—تَرَكْتُهُ فِى مَلَاعِبِ الجِنِّ

That is, in such a place that he did not know where he was.

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A place of playing, sporting, gaming, or the like; a place where plays, games, or sports, are performed: (S, K:) pl. مَلَاعِبُ . (TA.) مَلَاعِبُ الرِّيحِ [pl. The sporting-places of the wind;] places where the wind blows, or has blown, vehemently: syn. مَدَارِجُهَا . (K.) تَرَكْتُهُ فِى مَلَاعِبِ الجِنِّ [I left him in the sporting-places of the Jinn, or genii]: i. e., in such a place that he did not know where he was. (TA.)

Nounمُلْعِبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sleeveless garment in which a boy playsgenerated

Also written مِلْعَبَةٌ, as in the CK and a manuscript copy.

A garment without sleeves, in which a boy plays.

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and (as in the CK and a MS. copy) مِلْعَبَةٌ A garment without sleeves, in which a boy plays. (K.)

Nounمُلَعِّبٌ1 sense

Core sense — exuding mucilage, said of a plantgenerated

[Exuding mucilage]; applied to a plant: likened to a foolish person slavering.

[See البَقْلَةُ الحَمْقَاءُ in art. حمق.]

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[Exuding mucilage]; applied to a plant: likened to a foolish person slavering: (TA, in art. حمق .) [See البَقْلَةُ الحَمْقَاءُ in art. حمق .]

Nounمُلَاعِبُ ظِلِّهِ1 sense

Core sense — a certain desert bird with green back and white bellygenerated

A certain bird, found in the desert; sometimes called خَاطِفُ ظِلِّهِ [see art. خطف] because of the swiftness with which it pounces down.

It has a green (or gray, أَخْضَر) back, a white belly, long wings, and a short neck.

Of two of them you say مُلَاعِبَا ظِلَّيْهِمَا, and of three, مُلَاعِبَاتُ أَظْلَالِهِنَّ, because the name becomes determinate. [But see ظِلٌّ.]

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A certain bird; (S, K;) found in the desert; (TA;) sometimes called خَاطِفُ ظِلِّهِ , (S, Msb,) [see art. خطف ,] because of the swiftness with which it pounces down: it has a green (or gray, أَخْضَر ,) back, white belly, long wings, and short neck. (Msb.) Of two you say مُلَاعِبَا ظِلَّيْهِمَا ; and of three, مُلَاعِبَاتُ أَظْلَالِهِنَّ ; because the appellation becomes determinate. (TA. [But see ظِلٌّ .])

Nounثَغْرٌ مَلْعُوبٌ1 sense

Core sense — front teeth with slaver on or about themgenerated

Teeth, or front teeth, and the like, having slaver or drivel upon or about them.

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Teeth, or fore teeth, &c., having slaver or drivel, upon or about them. (S, K.)

Nounتَلعَابٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who plays, or jests, muchgenerated

And تِلْعَابٌ, تَلْعَابَةٌ, تِلْعَابَةٌ, تِلْعِيبَةٌ, تِلِعَّابٌ, and تِلِعَّابَةٌ: see لَعِبٌ.

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and تِلْعَابٌ , تَلْعَابَةٌ and تِلْعَابَةٌ , تِلْعِيبَةٌ , تِلِعَّابٌ and تِلِعَّابَةٌ , see لَعِبٌ .