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ل-ع-ب
The Arabic root ل-ع-ب (l-a-b)
Form I verb لَعِبَ: to play
20 words in the dictionary are built from ل-ع-ب, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, V, VI. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
Most common
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to play; to trick, to cheat
to cause to play, to set in motion; to wag
تَلْعِيب
مُلَعِّب
مُلَعَّب
لَاعَبَ
· present يُلَاعِبُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to play with (someone), to have fun with (someone), to jest with (someone); to trifle (someone)
مُلَاعَبَة
مُلَاعِب
مُلَاعَب
تَلَعَّبَ
· present يَتَلَعَّبُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to play, to act playfully
تَلَعُّب
مُتَلَعِّب
مُتَلَعَّب
to make fun of, to mock, to toy with, to trifle with; to play a trick, to defraud, to rig, to tamper, to gyp, to manipulate (a process as well as a person), to lead someone down the garden path
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