لقب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns appellations, nicknames, and titles, often those used pejoratively or as a substitute for a proper name. It also extends to the act of bestowing such an appellation or adopting one.

Derived headwords

اللَّقَبnoun

1.
Appellation, titleboth
A name or title given to someone, often in addition to their given name, or a nickname.
2.
Nickname, epithetboth
A descriptive or familiar name given to a person or thing, sometimes used derisively.

أَلْقَابnoun

1.
Appellations, titlesboth
The plural of 'laqab', referring to multiple names, titles, or nicknames.

لَقَّبَverb

1.
To give an appellationboth
To bestow a title, nickname, or appellation upon someone.
2.
To call by a nicknameboth
To address or refer to someone using a nickname or epithet.

تَلَقَّبَverb

1.
To adopt an appellationboth
To take on or assume a nickname, title, or appellation.

تَلْقِيبnoun

1.
Bestowing appellationsboth
The act of giving or assigning nicknames, titles, or appellations.
2.
Forming a patternclassical
In grammar, creating a pattern or model for a word, especially by analogy with a verb form.

Parallel reading

اللقب: النبز، اسم غير مسمى به

The appellation: a nickname, a name by which one is not called.

والجمع ألقاب

And the plural is 'alqāb'.

وقد لقبه بكذا فتلقب به

And he gave him such-and-such an appellation, and he adopted it.

ولا تنابزوا بالألقاب

And do not call each other by (derogatory) appellations.

يقول: لا تدعوا الرجل إلا بأحب أسمائه إليه

It means: do not call a person except by the names he loves most.

يقول: لا يقول المسلم لمن كان يهوديا أو نصرانيا فأسلم: يا يهودي يا نصراني، وقد آمن

It means: a Muslim should not say to someone who was Jewish or Christian and has embraced Islam: 'O Jew! O Christian!', even though he has believed.

يقال: لقبت فلانا تلقيبا

It is said: 'I gave so-and-so an appellation'.

ولقبت الاسم بالفعل تلقيبا إذا جعلت له مثالا من الفعل، كقولك لجورب فوعل

And you give a name a pattern from a verb by 'talqīb' if you make a model for it from the verb, like your saying for 'jawrab' (sock) 'faw'al'.