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لبو

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with terms for a lioness and related concepts. It also includes tribal names and geographical locations derived from or associated with the term for a lioness.

Derived headwords

اللَّبَوِيّname
  1. 1.
    tribal nameclassical

    A nisba (attribution) to Banu 'Abd Qays, a tribe of Arabs. The pronunciation is with the first syllable unvowelled and the second with a fatha, which is irregular.

لَبَوَانname
  1. 1.
    mountain nameclassical

    A mountain in Najd, known as 'Lubwan al-Qaba'il'. Its name has two possible pronunciations for the 'nun'.

اللَّبْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lionessboth

    A female lion. The 'ha' at the end is for emphasis of femininity, as it lacks a direct masculine counterpart in form.

اللَّبْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lioness (variant)classical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling for lioness, with different vowelizations.

اللَّبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    lioness (variant)classical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling for lioness, with the first syllable having a fatha.

اللَّبَبnoun
  1. 1.
    lioness (variant)classical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling for lioness, with the first syllable having a damma and the second being unvowelled.

اللَّبُؤَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lioness (original)classical

    The original or standard form for a female lion, with the hamza.

اللَّبَوَانِيّname
  1. 1.
    nisba to Lubwanclassical

    A nisba (attribution) to Lubwan bin Malik bin Al-Harith, who was the ancestor of a clan among the Ma'afir. This includes the hadith narrator 'Uqbah bin Nafi' al-Lubwani.

Parallel reading

اللَّبَوِيّ بالتحريك على غير قياس
Al-Lubawi, with harakat (vowelization) on the second syllable, is irregular.
لَبَوَان: جبل نجدي، يقال له: لبوان القبائل
Lubwan: A mountain in Najd, called 'Lubwan al-Qaba'il' (Lubwan of the Tribes).
واللبوة، كعنوة، ويكسر، وكسمرة وكقناة، واللبة، بالفتح، واللب، بالضم مخففين، كل ذلك الأسدة
And al-lubwah (like 'unwah, and with kasr), and al-lubwah (like 'usmarah, and like 'unah), and al-lubbah (with fatha), and al-lubb (with damma), all of these are plurals for lionesses.
الهاء في اللبوة لتأكيد التأنيث كما في ناقة ونعجة لأنه ليس لها مذكر من لفظها حتى تكون فارقة
The 'ha' in al-lubwah is for emphasizing femininity, as in 'naqah' (she-camel) and 'na'jah' (ewe), because it does not have a masculine counterpart from its own word to serve as a differentiator.
ويقال: أجرى من اللبوة
And it is said: 'Ajra min al-lubwah' (He ran faster than the lioness).
لبوان بن مالك بن الحارث: أبو قبيلة من المعافر
Lubwan bin Malik bin Al-Harith: The ancestor of a tribe among the Ma'afir.
منهم عقبة بن نافع اللبواني المحدث، مات سنة 196
Among them is 'Uqbah bin Nafi' al-Lubwani, the hadith narrator, who died in the year 196.