لبى
See also: لبی
Arabic
Etymology
From the dual of لَبّ (labb, “staying, biding”) used for emphasis in the phrase لَبَّيْكَ! (labbayka!, “here I am”, literally “your (two) stayings!”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lab.baː/
Verb
لَبَّى • (labbā) II, non-past يُلَبِّي (yulabbī)
- to comply, to follow, to meet [+accusative = a call, demand, or requirement]
- Synonym: أَجَابَ (ʾajāba)
- 2011, خالد الصّوفي, تاريخ العرب في إسبانيا: نهاية الخلافة الأمويّة في الأندلس [History of the Arabs in Spain. The End of The Ummayad Caliphate in Al-Andalus], بغداد – بيروت – Freiberg am Neckar: منشورات الجمل (Al-Kamel Verlag), page 14:
- لبى شارلمان طلب الواليين العربيين وسار بجيوشه مخترقاً جبال البرنية
- Charlemagne complied with the demands of the Arab walis and rode out with his troops to pass the Pyrenees
- لَبَّى النِّدَاءَ
- labbā n-nidāʾa
- He answered the call
- to say لَبَّيْكَ (labbayka, “here I am”) (like of pilgrims before entering Mecca)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
لَبَّى
(form-II final-weak)verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | تَلْبِيَة talbiya | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | مُلَبٍّ mulabbin | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مُلَبًّى mulabban | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | لَبَّيْتُ labbaytu | لَبَّيْتَ labbayta | لَبَّى labbā | لَبَّيْتُمَا labbaytumā | لَبَّيَا labbayā | لَبَّيْنَا labbaynā | لَبَّيْتُمْ labbaytum | لَبَّوْا labbaw | |||
f | لَبَّيْتِ labbayti | لَبَّتْ labbat | لَبَّتَا labbatā | لَبَّيْتُنَّ labbaytunna | لَبَّيْنَ labbayna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُلَبِّي ʾulabbī | تُلَبِّي tulabbī | يُلَبِّي yulabbī | تُلَبِّيَانِ tulabbiyāni | يُلَبِّيَانِ yulabbiyāni | نُلَبِّي nulabbī | تُلَبُّونَ tulabbūna | يُلَبُّونَ yulabbūna | |||
f | تُلَبِّينَ tulabbīna | تُلَبِّي tulabbī | تُلَبِّيَانِ tulabbiyāni | تُلَبِّينَ tulabbīna | يُلَبِّينَ yulabbīna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُلَبِّيَ ʾulabbiya | تُلَبِّيَ tulabbiya | يُلَبِّيَ yulabbiya | تُلَبِّيَا tulabbiyā | يُلَبِّيَا yulabbiyā | نُلَبِّيَ nulabbiya | تُلَبُّوا tulabbū | يُلَبُّوا yulabbū | |||
f | تُلَبِّي tulabbī | تُلَبِّيَ tulabbiya | تُلَبِّيَا tulabbiyā | تُلَبِّينَ tulabbīna | يُلَبِّينَ yulabbīna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُلَبِّ ʾulabbi | تُلَبِّ tulabbi | يُلَبِّ yulabbi | تُلَبِّيَا tulabbiyā | يُلَبِّيَا yulabbiyā | نُلَبِّ nulabbi | تُلَبُّوا tulabbū | يُلَبُّوا yulabbū | |||
f | تُلَبِّي tulabbī | تُلَبِّ tulabbi | تُلَبِّيَا tulabbiyā | تُلَبِّينَ tulabbīna | يُلَبِّينَ yulabbīna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر | m | لَبِّ labbi | لَبِّيَا labbiyā | لَبُّوا labbū | ||||||||
f | لَبِّي labbī | لَبِّينَ labbīna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | لُبِّيتُ lubbītu | لُبِّيتَ lubbīta | لُبِّيَ lubbiya | لُبِّيتُمَا lubbītumā | لُبِّيَا lubbiyā | لُبِّينَا lubbīnā | لُبِّيتُمْ lubbītum | لُبُّوا lubbū | |||
f | لُبِّيتِ lubbīti | لُبِّيَتْ lubbiyat | لُبِّيَتَا lubbiyatā | لُبِّيتُنَّ lubbītunna | لُبِّينَ lubbīna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُلَبَّى ʾulabbā | تُلَبَّى tulabbā | يُلَبَّى yulabbā | تُلَبَّيَانِ tulabbayāni | يُلَبَّيَانِ yulabbayāni | نُلَبَّى nulabbā | تُلَبَّوْنَ tulabbawna | يُلَبَّوْنَ yulabbawna | |||
f | تُلَبَّيْنَ tulabbayna | تُلَبَّى tulabbā | تُلَبَّيَانِ tulabbayāni | تُلَبَّيْنَ tulabbayna | يُلَبَّيْنَ yulabbayna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُلَبَّى ʾulabbā | تُلَبَّى tulabbā | يُلَبَّى yulabbā | تُلَبَّيَا tulabbayā | يُلَبَّيَا yulabbayā | نُلَبَّى nulabbā | تُلَبَّوْا tulabbaw | يُلَبَّوْا yulabbaw | |||
f | تُلَبَّيْ tulabbay | تُلَبَّى tulabbā | تُلَبَّيَا tulabbayā | تُلَبَّيْنَ tulabbayna | يُلَبَّيْنَ yulabbayna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُلَبَّ ʾulabba | تُلَبَّ tulabba | يُلَبَّ yulabba | تُلَبَّيَا tulabbayā | يُلَبَّيَا yulabbayā | نُلَبَّ nulabba | تُلَبَّوْا tulabbaw | يُلَبَّوْا yulabbaw | |||
f | تُلَبَّيْ tulabbay | تُلَبَّ tulabba | تُلَبَّيَا tulabbayā | تُلَبَّيْنَ tulabbayna | يُلَبَّيْنَ yulabbayna |
References
- Drißner, Gerald (2019-08-09), “لَبَّيْكَ (labbaika) – What does it mean”, in Arabic for Nerds
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “لبى”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 515
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “لبى”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 84
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “لبى”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1142
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic لَبَّى (labbā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lab.ba/, [ˈlab.ba]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)
Verb
لبّى • (labba) (form II, present بلبّي (bilabbi))
- (formal) to grant (a request), to meet (a demand)
- رح نضلّ مضربين لحتّى يلبّو مطالبنا.
- rāḥ nḍall muḍribīn la-ḥatta ylabbu maṭālebna.
- We will remain on strike until they meet our demands.
Conjugation
Conjugation of لبّى (labba) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | لبّيت (labbēt) | لبّيت (labbēt) | لبّى (labba) | لبّينا (labbēna) | لبّيتو (labbētu) | لبّو (labbu) | |
f | لبّيتي (labbēti) | لبّت (labbat) | ||||||
present | m | بلبّي (balabbi) | بتلبّي (bitlabbi) | بلبّي (bilabbi) | منلبّي (minlabbi) | بتلبّو (bitlabbu) | بلبّو (bilabbu) | |
f | بتلبّي (bitlabbi) | بتلبّي (bitlabbi) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | البّي (alabbi) | تلبّي (tlabbi) | يلبّي (ylabbi) | نلبّي (nlabbi) | تلبّو (tlabbu) | يلبّو (ylabbu) | |
f | تلبّي (tlabbi) | تلبّي (tlabbi) | ||||||
imperative | m | لبّي (labbi) | لبّو (labbu) | |||||
f | لبّي (labbi) |