ملعب

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb لَعِبَ (laʕiba, “to play”), from the root ل ع ب (l-ʕ-b).

Noun

مَلْعَب • (malʕab) m (plural مَلَاعِب (malāʕib))

1. place of sport, playing field, stadium
2. playground, scene, theater
3. play, game, sport, jest

Declension

Declension of noun مَلْعَب (malʕab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلْعَب malʕab	الْمَلْعَب al-malʕab	مَلْعَب malʕab
Nominative	مَلْعَبٌ malʕabun	الْمَلْعَبُ al-malʕabu	مَلْعَبُ malʕabu
Accusative	مَلْعَبًا malʕaban	الْمَلْعَبَ al-malʕaba	مَلْعَبَ malʕaba
Genitive	مَلْعَبٍ malʕabin	الْمَلْعَبِ al-malʕabi	مَلْعَبِ malʕabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلْعَبَيْن malʕabayn	الْمَلْعَبَيْن al-malʕabayn	مَلْعَبَيْ malʕabay
Nominative	مَلْعَبَانِ malʕabāni	الْمَلْعَبَانِ al-malʕabāni	مَلْعَبَا malʕabā
Accusative	مَلْعَبَيْنِ malʕabayni	الْمَلْعَبَيْنِ al-malʕabayni	مَلْعَبَيْ malʕabay
Genitive	مَلْعَبَيْنِ malʕabayni	الْمَلْعَبَيْنِ al-malʕabayni	مَلْعَبَيْ malʕabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلَاعِب malāʕib	الْمَلَاعِب al-malāʕib	مَلَاعِب malāʕib
Nominative	مَلَاعِبُ malāʕibu	الْمَلَاعِبُ al-malāʕibu	مَلَاعِبُ malāʕibu
Accusative	مَلَاعِبَ malāʕiba	الْمَلَاعِبَ al-malāʕiba	مَلَاعِبَ malāʕiba
Genitive	مَلَاعِبَ malāʕiba	الْمَلَاعِبِ al-malāʕibi	مَلَاعِبِ malāʕibi

References

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