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لعاب

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ل ع ب (l ʕ b)
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Compare لَعَبَ (laʕaba, to drool), لَعِبَ (laʕiba, to play).

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لُعَاب (luʕābm (usually uncountable)

  1. saliva, spittle
  2. drivel
  3. phlegm, mucus
  4. dew
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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لَعَّاب (laʕʕāb)

  1. very playful
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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لِعَاب (liʕābm

  1. verbal noun of لَاعَبَ (lāʕaba) (form III)
    • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, مُنًى كُنَّ لِي أَنَّ البَيَاضَ خِضَابُ (munan kunna lī ʔanna l-bayāḍa ḵiḍābu):
      تَرَكْنَا لِأَطْرَافِ الْقَنَا كُلَّ شَهْوَةٍ
      فَلَيْسَ لَنَا إِلَّا بِهِنَّ لِعَابُ
      taraknā li-ʔaṭrāfi l-qanā kulla šahwatin
      fa-laysa lanā ʔillā bihinna liʕābu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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