ل ب ك

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of mixing, blending, or confusing things together. This can apply to physical substances, abstract matters like affairs or speech, and even groups of animals or people.

Derived headwords

لَبَكَverb

1.
to mixboth
To mix or blend things together, often physically.
2.
to confuseboth
To make something confusing or complicated, especially an affair or matter.

لَبْكnoun

1.
mixingboth
The act of mixing or blending.
2.
confused matterboth
A confused, mixed-up, or complicated affair or situation.
3.
gathering of thareedclassical
The act of gathering thareed (a dish of bread soaked in broth or sauce) for eating.

لَبَكَةnoun

1.
mixed thingboth
Something that has been mixed or blended.
2.
confusionboth
A state of confusion or a complicated situation.
3.
morsel of thareedboth
A bite or piece of thareed.
4.
piece of haisclassical
A piece of hais (a dish made of dates, ghee, and flour).

لَبِكadjective

1.
confusedboth
Describing an affair or matter that is confused, mixed, or complicated.

الْتَبَكَverb

1.
to become mixedboth
The matter or affair became mixed, confused, or complicated.
2.
to become entangledclassical
To become entangled or complicated.

لَبِيكَةnoun

1.
flock of sheepboth
A group or flock of sheep.
2.
group of peopleclassical
A group or gathering of people.
3.
type of foodboth
A type of food made from flour mixed with ghee, butter, or syrup, or with cheese and flour.

لَبَّكَverb

1.
to mixboth
To mix or blend something.

تَلَبَّكَverb

1.
to become entangledboth
The matter became entangled, mixed, or confused.

إلْبَاكnoun

1.
mixingclassical
The act of mixing or blending.
2.
error in speechclassical
Making mistakes or errors in speech, logic, or argument.

مُلَبَّكَةadjective

1.
softclassical
Describing thareed as soft and tender.

لَبِيكadjective

1.
confusedclassical
Describing a matter that is confused or mixed.

Parallel reading

اللبك: الخلط

Al-labk: mixing.

لباب البر يلبك بالشهاد

The finest wheat is mixed with honey.

واللبك: الشيء المخلوط كاللبكة

And al-labk: the mixed thing, like al-labakah.

وقد لبكه لبكا

And he mixed it, a mixing.

واللبك: جمع الثريد ليأكله

And al-labk: gathering thareed to eat it.

أمر لبك، ككتف: ملتبس

An affair, labik, like katif: confused.

رد القيان جمال الحي فاحتملوا ... إلى الظهيرة أمر بينهم لبك

The singing girls turned back the camels of the tribe, so they carried... until noon an affair among them, confused.

وحاجة أخرجت من أمر لبك

And a need that was brought out of a confused matter.

والتبك الأمر، أي: اختلط

And the matter became mixed, meaning: it became confused.

والتبس، وهو مجاز

And it became entangled, and this is metaphorical.

لبيكة من غنم

A flock of sheep.

وقد لبكوا بين الشاء، أي: خلطوا بينها

And they mixed among the sheep, meaning: they mixed them together.

وهو مثل البكيلة نقله الجوهري

And it is like al-bakilah, as transmitted by Al-Jawhari.

واللبيكة: الجماعة من الناس كاللباكة، بالضم

And al-labikah: a group of people, like al-labakah, with dammah.

وهو دقيق يلبك بزبد أو سمن

It is flour that is mixed with butter or ghee.

أو أقط ودقيق أو تمر ودقيق وسمن أو زيت يخلط ويصب عليه، ولا يطبخ

Or dried yogurt and flour, or dates and flour and ghee or oil, mixed and poured over, and not cooked.

واللبكة، محركة: اللقمة من الثريد

And al-labkah, harakah: a morsel of thareed.

ما ذقت عنده عبكة ولا لبكة

I did not taste from him any abundance or any morsel.

أو القطعة من الحيس كما فسره ابن دريد

Or a piece of hais, as interpreted by Ibn Duraid.

والإلباك: الإخناء

And al-ilbak: the mixing.

الإلباك الإخطاء في المنطق والحجة، وإغلاط فيهما

Al-ilbak: making mistakes in logic and argument, and errors in them.

وتلبك الأمر: تلبس واختلط

And the matter became entangled: it became mixed and confused.

أمر لبيك، أي: مختلط

A labik matter, meaning: mixed.

ثريدة ملبكة، كمعظمة، أي: ملبقة لينة

A mulabbakah thareedah, like mu'adhdhamah, meaning: soft and tender.

وقع في لبكة، بالفتح، ولبيكة، أي اختلاط

He fell into labkah, with fatha, and labikah, meaning confusion.