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لبن

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to milk, its production, and its consumption. It also extends to concepts of whiteness and nourishment derived from milk.

Derived headwords

لَبَنٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milkboth

    The white nutritious fluid secreted by the mammary glands of mammals, especially cows, goats, and sheep, used as food by humans.

  2. 2.
    buttermilkclassical

    The liquid remaining after butter has been churned from milk.

لَبَنَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    brickboth

    A rectangular block of baked clay or other material, used in building.

  2. 2.
    milk-white stoneclassical

    A stone that is white like milk.

لَبَنِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    milkyboth

    Resembling milk in color or consistency.

  2. 2.
    made of milkclassical

    Derived from or consisting of milk.

لَبَنِيَّاتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    dairy productsmodern

    Foodstuffs made from milk.

  2. 2.
    milk-producing animalsclassical

    Animals that yield milk.

أَلْبَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to give milkboth

    To produce milk, referring to a female animal.

  2. 2.
    to make milkyclassical

    To cause something to become milky.

تَلَبَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become milkyboth

    To turn into milk or become milky in appearance.

  2. 2.
    to be nourished by milkclassical

    To have been fed or nourished by milk.

لَبَّانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milk sellerboth

    A person who sells milk.

  2. 2.
    milk vendorclassical

    Someone who deals in milk.

لَبَّانَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milk jugclassical

    A container for holding milk.

مَلْبَنٌnoun
  1. 1.
    place of milk productionclassical

    A place where milk is produced or kept.

مَلْبُونٌadjective
  1. 1.
    nourished by milkclassical

    Having been fed or nourished by milk.

لَبَنِيَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    milk-white colorclassical

    A color that resembles milk.

Parallel reading

لبن عجلط وعجالط: كعثلط زنة ومعنى.
Milk: 'Ajlaṭ and 'ajāliṭ: like 'akthalaṭ in weight and meaning.