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Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to milk and its derivatives, including the substance itself, animals that produce it, and related concepts like sustenance and abundance. It also extends to geographical names and descriptive terms for things that are large or enduring.

Derived headwords

لَبَنِيَّةadjective

1.
Lebanese, largeclassical
Describing something as large or great, likened to the size of Mount Lebanon.

لُبَيْنَىname

1.
Woman's nameclassical
A diminutive and clipped form of a name, referring to a woman.
2.
Daughter of al-Wahidclassical
The name of the daughter of al-Wahid ibn Ka'b ibn 'Amir ibn Kilab, who was married to Qushayr ibn Ka'b.
3.
Daughter of Iblisclassical
The name of a daughter of Iblis (Satan).
4.
Daughter of Aqisclassical
The name of a daughter of Aqis, after whom Abu Lubaynah was nicknamed.

تَلَبَّنَverb

1.
to linger, to delayboth
To remain, to stay put, or to delay, often in a sitting or waiting posture.

قال لها: إياك أن توكنيفي جلسة عندي أو تلبنيوهو من اللبانة — He said to her: Beware of sitting with me or lingering, and it is from the need. — <English translation>

لَبَانَةnoun

1.
need, requestboth
A need or a request that one has.
2.
a place to lingerclassical
A place where one might linger or wait.

لي لبانة أتلبن عليها — I have a need that I linger upon. — <English translation>

أَبُو لُبَيْنَةname

1.
Kunyah for a maleclassical
A kunyah (patronymic nickname) used for a male.

اللَّبَنnoun

1.
milkboth
The white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of mammals, considered the essence of the body.
2.
camels producing milkclassical
Refers to camels that produce milk, or the people who tend to them.

در لبنة القاسم فذكرته — The milk of Al-Qasim was drawn, and it reminded him. — <English translation>

وفي رواية: لبينة القاسم — And in another narration: The small amount of milk of Al-Qasim. — <English translation>

لَبِنَةnoun

1.
small amount of milkboth
A small quantity of milk.

أَلْبَانnoun

1.
milksboth
The plural of 'laban' (milk).

أَهْلُ اللَّبَنnoun

1.
bedouins, nomadsclassical
People of the desert who seek out pastures for their milk-producing animals.

لَبِنَت الشَّاةverb

1.
ewe's milk increasedclassical
When a ewe's milk production becomes abundant.

مُلَبَّنadjective

1.
fat, plumpclassical
Describing a camel that is fat and has abundant meat.

مُلَبِّنadjective

1.
milk-producingclassical
One who produces abundant milk; an adjective derived from 'laban' meaning milk.

لَبَّنَ الشَّيءverb

1.
to quarter, to divideclassical
To divide something into four parts or quarters.

المِلْبَنnoun

1.
litter, palanquinclassical
A type of litter or palanquin, originally square, used for carrying people.

المِلْبَنَةnoun

1.
milk-based foodclassical
A food made by placing milk on water and mixing it with flour.

لَبِنَverb

1.
to have neck painclassical
To suffer from neck pain, as if from a pillow, making it difficult to turn the head.

لَبِنadjective

1.
having neck painclassical
One who suffers from neck pain.

اللُّبَّنnoun

1.
treeclassical
A type of tree.

لُبْنَىname

1.
Mount Lebanonboth
A name for Mount Lebanon.
2.
village in Egyptclassical
A village located in eastern Egypt.
3.
place in Syriaclassical
A place in Syria associated with the tribe of Judham.

لُبَيْنَةname

1.
Diminutive of Lubnaclassical
A diminutive form of the name Lubna.

لُبْنَانname

1.
Two mountains near Meccaclassical
The dual form of 'laban', referring to two mountains near Mecca.

لَبَنname

1.
Mountain in Tihamahclassical
A mountain belonging to the Hudhayl tribe in Tihamah.

بَنَات لَبُونnoun

1.
large stonesclassical
A metaphor for large stones, used in throwing.

وظلوا يرتمون ببنات لبون — And they kept throwing large stones at each other. — <English translation>

لَبَّنَ القَمِيصverb

1.
to add a gussetclassical
To add a piece (a 'lubnah') to a shirt, likely for reinforcement or expansion.

اللَّبَّانnoun

1.
milk sellerboth
One who sells and makes milk products.

اللَّبَنِيّname

1.
Person from a villageboth
A nisbah (attribution) to a place named 'Laban' or similar, indicating a person from there.

سَوِيقَة اللَّبَنname

1.
Neighborhood in Egyptclassical
A district or neighborhood in Egypt, located near Barakat Jinnaq.

Parallel reading

لي إليك حويجة، قال: لا أقضيها حتى تكون لبنانية، أي عظيمة مثل لبنان، وهو اسم جبل

I have a small need from you, he said: I will not fulfill it until it is Lebanese, meaning great like Lebanon, which is the name of a mountain.

وهو من اللبانة.

And it is from the need.

يقال: لي لبانة أتلبن عليها؛ قاله أبو عمر و.

It is said: I have a need that I linger upon; Abu 'Amr narrated it.

فلما غاب فيه رفعت صوتيأنادي يا لثارات الحسينونادت غلمتي يا خيل ربيأمامك وابشري بالجنتين وأفزعه تجاسرنا فأقعى وقد أثفرته بأبي لبين

When he disappeared in it, I raised my voice calling: O avengers of Hussein! And my servant called: O horses of my Lord, advance! And rejoice in the two gardens! And he startled him, we dared and he crouched, and I had wounded him with my father Lubayn.

قال الليث: هو خلاص الجسد ومستخلصه من بين الفرث والدم، وهو كالعرق يجري في العروق، والجمع ألبان، والطائفة القليلة منه لبنة؛

Al-Layth said: It is the essence and extract of the body from between the dung and blood, and it is like a vein running in the veins, and the plural is 'alban', and a small portion of it is 'labanah'.

ومنه الحديث: در لبنة القاسم فذكرته؛ وفي رواية: لبينة القاسم؛

And from it is the Hadith: The milk of Al-Qasim was drawn, and it reminded him; and in another narration: The small amount of milk of Al-Qasim.

وأهل اللبن: هم أهل البادية يطلبون مواضع اللبن في المراعي والمبادي.

And the people of milk: they are the people of the desert who seek out places of milk in pastures and beginnings.

والملبون: الجمل السمين الكثير اللحم.

And the mulabban: the fat camel with abundant meat.

وقال ثعلب: الملبن، كمنبر: المحمل؛ قال: وكانت المحامل مربعة فغيرها الحجاج لينام فيها ويتسع، وكانت العرب تسميها المحمل والملبن والسابل.

And Tha'lab said: Al-Milban, like 'minbar': the litter; he said: And the litters were square, and the pilgrims changed them so that one could sleep in them and have space, and the Arabs used to call them the litter, the milban, and the sabal.

وبه فسر الحديث السابق.

And with this, the previous Hadith was interpreted.

واللبن: وجع العنق من وسادة وغيرها حتى لا يقدر أن تلتفت، وقد لبن، بالكسر، فهو لبن، عن الفراء.

And 'al-laban': neck pain from a pillow or other cause, to the extent that one cannot turn, and he has 'labina', with kasr, so he is 'labin', according to Al-Farra'.

وظلوا يرتمون ببنات لبون: إذا ارتموا بصخر عظام، وهو مجاز كما في الأساس.

And they kept throwing 'banat labun' at each other: meaning they threw large stones, and this is a metaphor as in Al-Asas.

واللبان: من يبيع اللبن ويعمله؛

And Al-Labban: one who sells and makes milk products;

وكان يشرب اللبن، ولا يأكل الخبز، حدث عن أبي الفضل الأرموي.

And he used to drink milk and not eat bread; he narrated from Abu Al-Fadl Al-Armawi.

وسويقة اللبن: محلة بمصر بالقرب من بركة جناق.

And Suwayqat Al-Laban: a district in Egypt near Barakat Jinnaq.