لمبة

Arabic

Noun

لَمْبَة • (lamba) f (plural لَمْبَات (lambāt))

1. lamp
2. light bulb

Declension

Declension of noun لَمْبَة (lamba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَمْبَة lamba	اللَّمْبَة al-lamba	لَمْبَة lambat
Nominative	لَمْبَةٌ lambatun	اللَّمْبَةُ al-lambatu	لَمْبَةُ lambatu
Accusative	لَمْبَةً lambatan	اللَّمْبَةَ al-lambata	لَمْبَةَ lambata
Genitive	لَمْبَةٍ lambatin	اللَّمْبَةِ al-lambati	لَمْبَةِ lambati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَمْبَتَيْن lambatayn	اللَّمْبَتَيْن al-lambatayn	لَمْبَتَيْ lambatay
Nominative	لَمْبَتَانِ lambatāni	اللَّمْبَتَانِ al-lambatāni	لَمْبَتَا lambatā
Accusative	لَمْبَتَيْنِ lambatayni	اللَّمْبَتَيْنِ al-lambatayni	لَمْبَتَيْ lambatay
Genitive	لَمْبَتَيْنِ lambatayni	اللَّمْبَتَيْنِ al-lambatayni	لَمْبَتَيْ lambatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَمْبَات lambāt	اللَّمْبَات al-lambāt	لَمْبَات lambāt
Nominative	لَمْبَاتٌ lambātun	اللَّمْبَاتُ al-lambātu	لَمْبَاتُ lambātu
Accusative	لَمْبَاتٍ lambātin	اللَّمْبَاتِ al-lambāti	لَمْبَاتِ lambāti
Genitive	لَمْبَاتٍ lambātin	اللَّمْبَاتِ al-lambāti	لَمْبَاتِ lambāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لمبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Italian lampa.

Noun

لمبة • (lamba) f (plural لمبات (lambāt))

1. lamp
2. light bulb

References

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “ل م ب”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 799

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lam.bˤa/, [ˈlˤɑm.bˤɑ]

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Noun

لمبة • (lamḅa) f (plural لمبات (lamḅāt))

1. lamp, electric light, light bulb
2. torch, flashlight

   لمبة جيب ― lamḅa jēb ― torch, flashlight (literally, “pocket light”)