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Also written لعب: لَعْب (game) · لَعَبَ (to slobber) · لَعِب (funny) · لَعَّبَ (to cause to play)
Highlights
Present tense
يَلْعَبُ
Verbal nouns
Active participle
Passive participle
مَلْعُوب
Most common words from the same root
لَعِبَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to play
الْأَطْفَالُ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِهِم.The children play in the park with their friends.
- to trick, to cheat
Words from the root ل-ع-ب
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
لَعِبَ
· present يَلْعَبُ
Form I · The plain action
to play; to trick, to cheat
لَعَّبَ
· present يُلَعِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
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
تَلَاعَبَ
· present يَتَلَاعَبُ
Form VI · Mutual action
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
لَعِبَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | لَعِبْتُ | أَلْعَبُ | أَلْعَبَ | أَلْعَبْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | لَعِبْتَ | تَلْعَبُ | تَلْعَبَ | تَلْعَبْ | اِلْعَبْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | لَعِبْتِ | تَلْعَبِينَ | تَلْعَبِي | تَلْعَبِي | اِلْعَبِي |
| هُوَ he | لَعِبَ | يَلْعَبُ | يَلْعَبَ | يَلْعَبْ | — |
| هِيَ she | لَعِبَتْ | تَلْعَبُ | تَلْعَبَ | تَلْعَبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | لَعِبْتُمَا | تَلْعَبَانِ | تَلْعَبَا | تَلْعَبَا | اِلْعَبَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | لَعِبَا | يَلْعَبَانِ | يَلْعَبَا | يَلْعَبَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | لَعِبَتَا | تَلْعَبَانِ | تَلْعَبَا | تَلْعَبَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | لَعِبْنَا | نَلْعَبُ | نَلْعَبَ | نَلْعَبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | لَعِبْتُمْ | تَلْعَبُونَ | تَلْعَبُوا | تَلْعَبُوا | اِلْعَبُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | لَعِبْتُنَّ | تَلْعَبْنَ | تَلْعَبْنَ | تَلْعَبْنَ | اِلْعَبْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | لَعِبُوا | يَلْعَبُونَ | يَلْعَبُوا | يَلْعَبُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | لَعِبْنَ | يَلْعَبْنَ | يَلْعَبْنَ | يَلْعَبْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | لُعْب، لِعْب، لَعِب، تَلْعَاب |
|---|---|
| Active participle | لَاعِب، لَعِب |
| Passive participle | مَلْعُوب |
لَعِبَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to play
الْأَطْفَالُ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِهِم.The children play in the park with their friends.
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