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لعب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

لَعْبَةٌ ذ (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] أُقْعُدْ أَفْرُغَ مِنْ ↓ هٰذِهِ اللُّعْبَةِ [ 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.) ― -b2- لَعِبْتُ لَعْبَةً وَاحِدَةً [ I played one game ]. (Fr.) -A2- اللَّعْبَةُ البَرْبَرِيَّةُ (in some copies of the K, ↓ اللُّعْبَةُ) A certain medicine, resembling what is called السُّورَنْجَانُ, which fattens. (K.)

Derived headwords

لَعْبَةٌ
  1. 1.
أُقْعُدْ أَفْرُغَ مِنْ
من هذه اللَّعْبَةِ
لَعِبْتُ لَعْبَةً وَاحِدَةً
اللَّعْبَةُ البَرْبَرِيَّةُ