لهب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل ه ب (l-h-b). Compare Hebrew להב (láhav, “blade”, “flame”).

Pronunciation

  • (form I): IPA(key): /la.hi.ba/
  • (form II): IPA(key): /lah.ha.ba/
  • (noun): IPA(key): /la.hab/

Verb

لَهِبَ • (lahiba) I, non-past يَلْهَبُ‎ (yalhabu)

  1. to burn, to blaze

Conjugation

Verb

لَهَّبَ • (lahhaba) II, non-past يُلَهِّبُ‎ (yulahhibu)

  1. to ignite, to kindle, to set on fire

Conjugation

Noun

لَهَب • (lahab) m

  1. verbal noun of لَهِبَ (lahiba) (form I)
  2. flame, blaze, flare
    Synonym: لَهِيب (lahīb)

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “لهب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “لهب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “لهب”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “لهب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “لهب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
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