لقب

See also: لقت and لفت

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ل ق ب (l-q-b).

Noun

لَقَب • (laqab) m (plural أَلْقَاب (ʔalqāb))

1. nickname
   • Quran 49:11

     وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِٱلْأَلْقَابِ

     walā talmizū ʔanfusakum walā tanābazū bi-l-ʔalqābi

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. title
3. surname

Declension

Declension of noun لَقَب (laqab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَقَب laqab	اللَّقَب al-laqab	لَقَب laqab
Nominative	لَقَبٌ laqabun	اللَّقَبُ al-laqabu	لَقَبُ laqabu
Accusative	لَقَبًا laqaban	اللَّقَبَ al-laqaba	لَقَبَ laqaba
Genitive	لَقَبٍ laqabin	اللَّقَبِ al-laqabi	لَقَبِ laqabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَقَبَيْن laqabayn	اللَّقَبَيْن al-laqabayn	لَقَبَيْ laqabay
Nominative	لَقَبَانِ laqabāni	اللَّقَبَانِ al-laqabāni	لَقَبَا laqabā
Accusative	لَقَبَيْنِ laqabayni	اللَّقَبَيْنِ al-laqabayni	لَقَبَيْ laqabay
Genitive	لَقَبَيْنِ laqabayni	اللَّقَبَيْنِ al-laqabayni	لَقَبَيْ laqabay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَلْقَاب ʔalqāb	الْأَلْقَاب al-ʔalqāb	أَلْقَاب ʔalqāb
Nominative	أَلْقَابٌ ʔalqābun	الْأَلْقَابُ al-ʔalqābu	أَلْقَابُ ʔalqābu
Accusative	أَلْقَابًا ʔalqāban	الْأَلْقَابَ al-ʔalqāba	أَلْقَابَ ʔalqāba
Genitive	أَلْقَابٍ ʔalqābin	الْأَلْقَابِ al-ʔalqābi	أَلْقَابِ ʔalqābi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “لقب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لقب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Denominal verb derived from the noun لَقَب (laqab).

Verb

لَقَّبَ • (laqqaba) II (non-past يُلَقِّبُ (yulaqqibu), verbal noun تَلْقِيب (talqīb))

1. to nickname, to title, to surname

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “لقب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لقب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen

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Persian

Noun

لقب • (laqab)

1. title
2. nickname

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لقب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul