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

Words from the root ل-ع-ب

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لَعِبَ · present يَلْعَبُ

Form I · The plain action

to play; to trick, to cheat

لَعِب

Verbal noun · Adjective

funny

لُعْب

Verbal noun

لِعْب

Verbal noun

لَعِب

Verbal noun

تَلْعَاب

Verbal noun

لَاعِب

Active participle

player

لَعِب

Active participle

مَلْعُوب

Passive participle

مَلْعَب

Derived noun

place of sport

لَعَّبَ · present يُلَعِّبُ

Form II · Causative or intensive

to cause to play, to set in motion; to wag

تَلْعِيب

Verbal noun

مُلَعِّب

Active participle

مُلَعَّب

Passive participle

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

Verbal noun

مُلَاعِب

Active participle

مُلَاعَب

Passive participle

تَلَعَّبَ · present يَتَلَعَّبُ

Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to play, to act playfully

تَلَعُّب

Verbal noun

مُتَلَعِّب

Active participle

مُتَلَعَّب

Passive participle

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

تَلَاعُب

Verbal noun

مُتَلَاعِب

Active participle

مُتَلَاعَب

Passive participle

لَعَبَ · present يَلْعَبُ

Form

to slobber, to drool

لَعْب

Verbal noun

game

لَعْب

Verbal noun

لَاعِب

Active participle

مَلْعُوب

Passive participle

لُعَاب

Derived noun

saliva

لُعْبَة

Noun · f.

toy

لَعْبَة

Noun · f.

game

لُعَبَة

Adjective

very playful

لَعُوب

Adjective

inclined to play

تَلَاعَبَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

Pronoun	Past	Present	Subjunctive	Jussive	Imperative
أَنَا I	تَلَاعَبْتُ	أَتَلَاعَبُ	أَتَلَاعَبَ	أَتَلَاعَبْ	—
أَنْتَ you (m.)	تَلَاعَبْتَ	تَتَلَاعَبُ	تَتَلَاعَبَ	تَتَلَاعَبْ	تَلَاعَبْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)	تَلَاعَبْتِ	تَتَلَاعَبِينَ	تَتَلَاعَبِي	تَتَلَاعَبِي	تَلَاعَبِي
هُوَ he	تَلَاعَبَ	يَتَلَاعَبُ	يَتَلَاعَبَ	يَتَلَاعَبْ	—
هِيَ she	تَلَاعَبَتْ	تَتَلَاعَبُ	تَتَلَاعَبَ	تَتَلَاعَبْ	—
أَنْتُمَا you two	تَلَاعَبْتُمَا	تَتَلَاعَبَانِ	تَتَلَاعَبَا	تَتَلَاعَبَا	تَلَاعَبَا
هُمَا they two (m.)	تَلَاعَبَا	يَتَلَاعَبَانِ	يَتَلَاعَبَا	يَتَلَاعَبَا	—
هُمَا they two (f.)	تَلَاعَبَتَا	تَتَلَاعَبَانِ	تَتَلَاعَبَا	تَتَلَاعَبَا	—
نَحْنُ we	تَلَاعَبْنَا	نَتَلَاعَبُ	نَتَلَاعَبَ	نَتَلَاعَبْ	—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)	تَلَاعَبْتُمْ	تَتَلَاعَبُونَ	تَتَلَاعَبُوا	تَتَلَاعَبُوا	تَلَاعَبُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)	تَلَاعَبْتُنَّ	تَتَلَاعَبْنَ	تَتَلَاعَبْنَ	تَتَلَاعَبْنَ	تَلَاعَبْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)	تَلَاعَبُوا	يَتَلَاعَبُونَ	يَتَلَاعَبُوا	يَتَلَاعَبُوا	—
هُنَّ they (f.)	تَلَاعَبْنَ	يَتَلَاعَبْنَ	يَتَلَاعَبْنَ	يَتَلَاعَبْنَ	—

Verbal noun	تَلَاعُب
Active participle	مُتَلَاعِب
Passive participle	مُتَلَاعَب

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