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ل ب ق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns skill, adroitness, and suitability. It describes someone who is adept and skillful in their work, as well as things that fit or suit a person well. It also extends to the idea of making something smooth or palatable, particularly in the context of food.

Derived headwords

لَبِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    skillful, adeptboth

    Describing a person who is skillful and proficient in their work or actions.

  2. 2.
    agreeable, pleasantclassical

    Describing someone with a sweet, gentle, and agreeable disposition.

لَبِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be skillfulboth

    To become skillful or adept in something.

  2. 2.
    to be agreeableclassical

    To have a gentle, pleasant, and agreeable disposition.

لَبَاقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    skillfulness, adroitnessboth

    The quality of being skillful, adept, and proficient.

لَبِيقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    suitable, fittingboth

    Describing something that suits or fits a person well, or is appropriate for them.

لَبِقَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to suit, to fitboth

    To be suitable or fitting for someone or something; to match well.

لَبِيقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    woman of good bearingclassical

    A woman who is graceful, elegant in her demeanor, and well-presented.

  2. 2.
    clever, skillful womanclassical

    A woman who is intelligent, capable, and skilled in her affairs.

لَبِيقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    adroitness, tactclassical

    The quality of being skillful, tactful, and clever in social interactions or work.

لَبِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to make smooth, to softenclassical

    To make something smooth, soft, or palatable, especially food.

لَبَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to soften, to make palatableclassical

    To soften or make palatable, often by adding fat or sauce, as with food.

  2. 2.
    to mix thoroughlyclassical

    To mix ingredients thoroughly, especially in cooking.

تَلْبِيقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    softening, making palatableclassical

    The act of making food soft, palatable, or rich, often by adding fat or sauce.

  2. 2.
    thorough mixingclassical

    The act of mixing ingredients thoroughly.

مُلَبَّقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    softened, made palatableclassical

    Describing food that has been softened or made palatable, typically by the addition of fat or sauce.

Parallel reading

رجل لبق، ككتف، وأمير: حاذق رفيق بما عمل.
A skillful man, like (the pattern of) 'katif' and 'amir': adept and companionable in what he does.
وقد لبق، كفرح، وكرم، لبقا ولباقة: إذا حذق.
And he became skillful, like (the pattern of) 'faraha' and 'karuma', with skillfulness and adroitness, when he became proficient.
وكان بتصريف القناة لبيقا
And he was skillful in managing the canal.
بنوه على لبق لأنه علم ونفاذ، توهم أنهم جاءوا به على فهم فهامة فهو فهم.
Its derivatives are based on 'labiq' because it is a noun of specific meaning and penetration; he imagined that they derived it from 'fahima' (to understand) as 'fahama' (understanding).
واللبق: الحلو اللين الأخلاق.
And 'al-labiq' refers to one who is sweet and gentle in disposition.
ولبق به الثوب أي: لاق به.
And the garment suited him, meaning: it fit him well.
هذا الأمر لا يليق بك، ولا يلبق بك، أي: لا يوافقك، ولا يزكو بك
This matter does not suit you, nor does it fit you, meaning: it does not agree with you, nor does it prosper you.
والأنثى بهاء فيهما.
And the feminine form is 'bahā'' in both (patterns).
أو اللبيقة واللبقة هي الامرأة الحسنة الدل واللبسة اللبيبة الصناع.
Or 'al-labīqah' and 'al-labiqah' is the woman of good bearing and elegant attire, the clever craftswoman.
الللأبقة التي يشاكلها كل لباس وطيب.
The 'labiqah' is she whom every garment and perfume suits.
امرأة لبيقة: ظريفة رفيقة، ويليق بها كل ثوب.
A 'labiqah' woman: witty, companionable, and every garment suits her.
واللبق محركة: الظرف، والفعل كالفعل.
And 'al-labiq' (with harakah) is wit, and the verb is like the verb.
ولبقه لبقا: لينه، كلبقه تلبيقا.
And he made it smooth, 'labqan': he softened it, like 'labbaqa' with 'talbīqan'.
ثريد ملبق كمعظم، أي: ملين بالدسم.
A 'mulabbaq' tharid, like 'mu'aẓẓam', meaning: softened with fat.
تلبيق الثريد: إذا أكثر أدمه.
The 'talbīq' of tharid: when its sauce is abundant.
وقيل: خلطه شديدا، وقيل: جمعه بالمغرفة.
And it was said: mixing it thoroughly, and it was said: gathering it with the ladle.
إذا لم يكن رب الخلاصة ذا تمر
If the master of the essence does not have dates
ولكنها زين إذا هي لبقت بمحض على حلواء في وضر القدر
But it is an adornment if it is mixed with pure cream over sweets in the pot's fat.