لوب

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes intense thirst, particularly the state of animals circling water they cannot reach. It also extends to geographical terms for volcanic rock formations and types of terrain, as well as specific types of plants, insects, and perfumes.

Derived headwords

لابَverb

1.
to be thirstyboth
To experience intense thirst, often to the point of circling water sources without being able to drink.
2.
to circle waterclassical
To move around a water source, driven by thirst and inability to access it.

لَوْبnoun

1.
thirstboth
The state of being thirsty, especially a severe thirst.
2.
circling waterclassical
The act of animals circling around water when thirsty and unable to reach it.
3.
black volcanic rockclassical
A type of dark, volcanic rock formation, often referring to lava fields.
4.
beesclassical
A collective noun for bees.

لُؤُوبnoun

1.
thirstboth
The state of being thirsty.
2.
circling waterclassical
The act of circling around water due to thirst.
3.
thirsty animalsclassical
A collective noun for thirsty animals, especially camels.

لَوَبَانnoun

1.
thirstboth
The state of being thirsty.
2.
circling waterclassical
The act of circling around water due to thirst.

لَائِبadjective

1.
thirstyboth
Experiencing thirst.

لَوَائِبnoun

1.
thirsty animalsclassical
Animals, especially camels, that are thirsty and circling water.
2.
black volcanic rockclassical
A type of dark, volcanic rock formation.

إِبِلٌ لُوبnoun

1.
thirsty camelsclassical
Camels suffering from thirst and circling water sources.

نَخْلٌ لَوَائِبnoun

1.
thirsty palm treesclassical
Palm trees that are far from water and appear to be suffering from thirst.

أَلَابَverb

1.
to have camels circle waterclassical
When a man's camels circle around water due to thirst.

مُلِيبadjective

1.
having camels circle waterclassical
Describing a man whose camels are circling water due to thirst.

لَيَابnoun

1.
a lick of foodclassical
A very small amount of food, just enough for a lick.

لِيَابnoun

1.
a lick of foodclassical
A very small amount of food, just enough for a lick.

اللُّوبَةnoun

1.
group excluded from consultationclassical
A group of people who are with others but are not consulted on matters of importance.
2.
black volcanic rockclassical
A formation of black volcanic rock, smaller than a 'habba'.
3.
mountainous terrainclassical
A rugged, rocky area, often on the side of a mountain.

اللَّابَةnoun

1.
black volcanic rockclassical
A large area covered in black volcanic rocks, lava fields.
2.
black camelsclassical
A group of black camels gathered together.

لاباتnoun

1.
volcanic rock fieldsclassical
Plural of 'labba', referring to areas covered in black volcanic rocks.

لُوبِيَاءnoun

1.
cowpeaboth
A type of legume, also known as black-eyed peas.

المُلَابnoun

1.
type of perfumeclassical
A kind of perfume or fragrance, often compared to 'khuluq'.
2.
saffron threadsclassical
Threads of saffron, used as a perfume or dye.

مُلَابnoun

1.
type of perfumeclassical
A kind of perfume or fragrance.

مَلَبَّةnoun

1.
bundle of saffron threadsclassical
A small bundle or quantity of saffron threads.

مُلَوَّبadjective

1.
smeared with perfumeclassical
Something that has been smeared or colored with a perfume like 'mulab'.

لَوَّبَverb

1.
to mix with perfumeclassical
To mix something with a perfume such as 'mulab'.

المُلَوَّبadjective

1.
twisted metalclassical
Describing metal that has been twisted or coiled, often used for armor.

Parallel reading

اللوب واللوب واللؤوب واللواب: العطش، وقيل: هو استدارة الحائم حول الماء، وهو عطشان، لا يصل إليه.

Al-lawb, al-lubb, al-lu'ub, and al-luwwab: thirst, and it was said: it is the circling of one who hovers around water, while he is thirsty, unable to reach it.

وقد لاب يلوب لوبا ولوبا ولوبا ولوبانا أي عطش، فهو لائب؛ والجمع، لؤوب، مثل: شاهد وشهود

And he experienced intense thirst, experiencing thirst, thirst, and thirst, meaning he was thirsty, so he is thirsty; and the plural is lu'ub, like shahid and shuhud.

قال أبو محمد الفقعسي: حتى إذا ما اشتد لوبان النجر، ... ولاح للعين سهيل بسحر

Abu Muhammad al-Fuq'asi said: Until the thirst of the camels intensified, ... and Suhail appeared to the eye at dawn.

والنجر: عطش يصيب الإبل من أكل الحبة، وهي بزور الصحراء

And al-najr: thirst that afflicts camels from eating al-habba, which are desert seeds.

قال الأصمعي: إذا طافت الإبل على الحوض، ولم تقدر على الماء، لكثرة الزحام، فذلك اللوب.

Al-Asma'i said: If camels circle around the water trough, and cannot reach the water, due to overcrowding, that is al-lubb.

يقال: تركتها لوائب على الحوض، وإبل لوب، ونخل لوائب، ولوب: عطاش، بعيدة من الماء.

It is said: I left them circling at the trough, and thirsty camels, and thirsty palm trees, and thirsty: far from water.

ابن السكيت: لاب يلوب إذا حام حول الماء من العطش؛ وأنشد: بألذ منك مقبلا لمحلإ ... عطشان، داغش ثم عاد يلوب

Ibn al-Sikkit: He experiences thirst when he circles around water from thirst; and he recited: More pleasant than you approaching a watering place... thirsty, he stirred and then returned to circling.

وألاب الرجل، فهو مليب إذا حامت إبله حول الماء من العطش.

And the man's camels circled, so he is one whose camels circled if his camels circled around water from thirst.

ابن الأعرابي: يقال ما وجد ليابا أي قدر لعقة من الطعام يلوكها؛ قال: واللياب أقل من ملء الفم.

Ibn al-A'rabi: It is said he found no liyab, meaning the amount of a lick of food he could chew; he said: And al-liyab is less than a mouthful.

واللوبة: القوم يكونون مع القوم، فلا يستشارون في خير ولا شر.

And al-luwba: a group of people who are with others, but are not consulted on good or evil.

واللابة واللوبة: الحرة، والجمع لاب ولوب ولابات، وهي الحرار.

And al-labba and al-luwba: the lava field, and the plural is lab, lubb, and labbat, and they are the lava fields.

وفي الحديث: أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، حرم ما بين لابتي المدينة ؛ وهما حرتان تكتنفانها

And in the hadith: The Prophet, peace be upon him, declared forbidden what is between the two lava fields of Medina; and they are two lava fields that surround it.

قال ابن الأثير: المدينة ما بين حرتين عظيمتين؛ قال الأصمعي: هي الأرض التي قد ألبستها حجارة سود، وجمعها لابات، ما بين الثلاث إلى العشر، فإذا كثرت، فهي اللاب واللوب؛ قال بشر يذكر كتيبة «2»: معالية لا هم إلا محجر، ... وحرة ليلى السهل منها فلوبها

Ibn al-Athir said: Medina is between two great lava fields; Al-Asma'i said: It is the land covered with black stones, and its plural is labbat, from three to ten, and when they are numerous, they are al-lab and al-lubb; Bishr said, mentioning a battalion: The high ground, they have nothing but the enclosure, ... and the lava field of Layla, the plain part of it is its lubb.

ابن شميل: اللوبة تكون عقبة جوادا أطول ما يكون، وربما كانت دعوة. قال: واللوبة ما اشتد سواده وغلظ وانقاد على وجه الأرض، وليس بالطويل في السماء، وهو ظاهر على ما حوله؛ والحرة أعظم من اللوبة، ولا تكون اللوبة إلا حجارة سودا، وليس في الصمان لوبة، لأن حجارة الصمان حمر، ولا تكون اللوبة إلا في أنف الجبل، أو سقط أو عرض جبل.

Ibn Shumayl: Al-luwba can be a long pass, the longest it can be, and sometimes it is a slope. He said: And al-luwba is what is intensely black and thick and lies on the face of the earth, not tall in the sky, and it is apparent over its surroundings; and al-habba is greater than al-luwba, and al-luwba can only be black stones, and there is no luwba in al-Summan because the stones of al-Summan are red, and al-luwba can only be at the nose of a mountain, or a fall, or a width of a mountain.

وفي حديث عائشة، ووصفت أباها، رضي الله عنهما: بعيد ما بين اللابتين ؛ أرادت أنه واسع الصدر، واسع العطن، فاستعارت له اللابة، كما يقال: رحب الفناء واسع الجناب.

And in the hadith of Aisha, and she described her father, may God be pleased with them: Far between the two lava fields; she meant he was broad-chested, expansive in his domain, so she borrowed the term 'labba' for him, as it is said: spacious courtyard, wide flank.

واللابة: الإبل المجتمعة السود.

And al-labba: black camels gathered together.

واللوب: النحل، كالنوب؛ عن كراع. وفي الحديث: لم تتقيأه لوب، ولا مجته نوب.

And al-lubb: bees, like al-nuwb; from Kara'. And in the hadith: It was not vomited by bees, nor was it stung by bees.

واللوباء، ممدود، قيل: هو اللوبياء؛ يقال: هو اللوبياء، واللوبيا، واللوبياج، وهو مذكر، يمد ويقصر.

And al-lubba', extended, it is said: it is al-lubya; it is said: it is al-lubya, al-lubya, and al-lubyaj, and it is masculine, it is extended and shortened.

والملاب: ضرب من الطيب، فارسي؛ زاد الجوهري: كالخلوق. غيره: الملاب نوع من العطر.

And al-mulab: a type of perfume, Persian; Al-Jauhari added: like al-khuluq. Others: Al-mulab is a type of fragrance.

ابن الأعرابي: يقال للزعفران الشعر، والفيد، والملاب، والعبير، والمردقوش، والجساد.

Ibn al-A'rabi: Saffron is called al-sha'r, al-fayd, al-mulab, al-'abir, al-murdqush, and al-jasad.

قال: والملبة الطاقة من شعر الزعفران؛ قال جرير يهجو نساء بني نمير: ولو وطئت نساء بني نمير ... على تبراك، أخبثن الترابا تطلى، وهي سيئة المعرى، ... بصن الوبر تحسبه ملابا

He said: And al-malabba is a bundle of saffron threads; Jarir said, satirizing the women of Banu Namir: And if the women of Banu Namir were trodden upon... on your dung, they would make the earth foul. It is smeared, and it is bad in its origin, ... with the hair of the camel, you would think it was mulab.

وشيء ملوب أي ملطخ به.

And something mulawwab means smeared with it.

ولوب الشيء: خلطه بالملاب؛ قال المتنخل الهذلي: أبيت على معاري واضحات، ... بهن ملوب كدم العباط

And to mix something: to mix it with al-mulab; Al-Mutanakhkhil al-Hudhali said: I spent the night on clear paths, ... with them mulawwab like the blood of the 'abita.

والحديد الملوب: الملوي، توصف به الدرع.

And al-hadid al-mulawwab: the twisted, it is used to describe armor.

الجوهري في هذه الترجمة: وأما المرود ونحوه، فهو الملولب، على مفوعل.

Al-Jauhari in this entry: As for the kohl stick and the like, it is al-malawlab, on the pattern of mufaw'al.