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لبء

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the initial milk produced by a female animal after giving birth, known as 'laban'. It extends to the act of milking this substance, feeding it to young, and metaphorically, to early sustenance or the beginning of something. It also encompasses terms for a lioness and related concepts.

Derived headwords

اللِّبَأُnoun
  1. 1.
    colostrumboth

    The first milk produced by a female mammal after giving birth, typically before the milk thins.

لَبَأَهاverb
  1. 1.
    to milk itclassical

    To milk a female animal, specifically extracting its colostrum.

احتلب لبنها — he milked her milk
لَبَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to feed colostrumclassical

    To feed colostrum to someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to prepare colostrumclassical

    To prepare or cook colostrum.

لبأتها بكفي من دوية سفرا سفرا — I fed it to her with my hands, from a young, tender plant, in the morning.
أَلْبَأَهُمْverb
  1. 1.
    to feed them colostrumclassical

    To feed colostrum to a group of people or animals.

  2. 2.
    to make colostrum for themclassical

    To prepare colostrum for them.

أَلْبَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to produce colostrumclassical

    For a female animal to produce colostrum in its udder.

  2. 2.
    to feed (colostrum)classical

    To feed colostrum to a young animal or child.

  3. 3.
    to provide sustenanceclassical

    To provide sustenance or nourishment, metaphorically.

ألبأه بريقه — He put his saliva in his mouth, like pouring colostrum into a baby's mouth.
كَلَبَأَتْهُverb
  1. 1.
    like feeding itclassical

    Similar to feeding it colostrum.

إِلْبَاءًnoun
  1. 1.
    tying to the motherclassical

    Tying a young animal to the mother's hindquarters to encourage nursing.

تَبَأَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to suckle itclassical

    For a young animal to suckle from its mother.

  2. 2.
    to milk itclassical

    To milk a female animal.

رضعها — it suckled it
حلبها — he milked it
اسْتَلْبَأَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to suckle willinglyclassical

    For a young animal to suckle from its mother of its own accord.

تَلَبَّؤُهُverb
  1. 1.
    nursing itclassical

    For a mother animal to nurse its young.

تَلَبَّأَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to drink colostrumclassical

    For a young animal to drink colostrum.

لَبَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to produce colostrumclassical

    For a female animal to have colostrum in its udder.

مُلَبِّيَةadjective
  1. 1.
    producing colostrumclassical

    Describing a female animal that is producing colostrum.

لَبَّى بالحجverb
  1. 1.
    to perform the pilgrimageclassical

    To say the 'talbiyah' during the Hajj pilgrimage.

اللِّبْءُnoun
  1. 1.
    first wateringclassical

    The first watering of a plant when it is newly planted.

إذا غرست فسيلة فلا يمنعنك أن تلبأها — If you plant a seedling, do not let anything prevent you from giving it its first watering.
اللَّبَأَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    lionessclassical

    The female lion.

اللِّبَاءَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    lionessclassical

    The female lion.

اللُّبُؤَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    lionessclassical

    The female lion.

اللَّبْوَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    lionessclassical

    The female lion.

اللِّبْوَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    lionessclassical

    The female lion.

اللَّبَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    lionessclassical

    The female lion.

اللَّبَاةُnoun
  1. 1.
    lionessclassical

    The female lion.

اللُّبُؤُnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A lion (usage is rare or obsolete).

مُلَابِئٌadjective
  1. 1.
    near deliveryclassical

    Describing a pregnant female animal whose birth is imminent.

Parallel reading

أول اللبن اللبأ عند الولادة.
The first milk is the colostrum at childbirth.
هو أول حلب عند وضع الملبيء.
It is the first milking upon the birth of the one giving birth.
لبأتها بكفي من دوية سفرا سفرا
I fed it to her with my hands, from a young, tender plant, in the morning.
لبأ القوم يلبؤهم لبأ: أطعمهم إياه
To feed colostrum to people: to feed it to them.
لبأ القوم يلبؤهم لبأ: أطعمهم إياه
To feed colostrum to people: to feed it to them.
لبأ الجدي: أطعمته اللبأ
To feed the kid: to feed it colostrum.
ألبئوا: كثر لبؤهم
They became numerous in colostrum: their colostrum became abundant.
ألبأت الشاة أو الناقة: أنزلت اللبأ في ضرعها
The ewe or she-camel produced colostrum: it brought the colostrum into its udder.
ألبأت الولد: أرضعته إياه
He fed the child: he gave it to him to drink.
ألبأه بريقه. أي صب ريقه في فيه، كما يصب اللبأ في فم الصبي
He put his saliva in his mouth, like pouring colostrum into a baby's mouth.
ألبأت الشاة ولدها، أي قامت حتى ترضع لبأها
The ewe fed its young: meaning it stood up until it nursed its colostrum.
ألبأت فلانا: زوده به
He provided someone with it: he supplied him with it.
ألبأ الجدي والفصيل إلباء إذا شده إلى رأس الخلف ليرضع اللبأ
He tied the kid and the suckling to the hindquarters to suckle the colostrum.
والتبأها ولدها: رضعها
And its young suckled it: it suckled it.
والتبأها: حلبها
And she milked it: he milked it.
إذا غرست فسيلة وقيل إن الساعة تقوم فلا يمنعنك أن تلبأها.
If you plant a seedling and it is said that the Hour will come, do not let that prevent you from giving it its first watering.
ملابئ إذا دنا نتاجها
Near delivery when its offspring is close.