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لَعِب
to play /ˈla.ʕi.ba/
verbA1#353 most common
Also: to play a game or sport, to play (a role), to toy with or manipulate
Example sentences
يَلْعَبُ الوَلَدُ بِالكُرَةِ.
The boy plays with the ball.
أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَلْعَبَ كُرَةَ القَدَمِ مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِي.
I like to play football with my friends.
لَعِبَ الفَرِيقُ مُبَارَاةً رَائِعَةً أَمْسِ.
The team played a wonderful match yesterday.
سَنَلْعَبُ فِي البُطُولَةِ القَادِمَةِ إِذَا تَدَرَّبْنَا جَيِّدًا.
We will play in the next tournament if we train well.
لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَلْعَبَ بِمَشَاعِرِ الآخَرِينَ.
You should not play with other people's feelings.
لَعِبَتِ الصُّدْفَةُ دَوْرًا حَاسِمًا فِي اكْتِشَافِهِ العِلْمِيِّ.
Chance played a decisive role in his scientific discovery.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَلْعَبُ | لَعِبْتُ | سَأَلْعَبُ |
| 2sg | تَلْعَبُ | لَعِبْتَ | سَتَلْعَبُ |
| 3sg | يَلْعَبُ | لَعِبَ | سَيَلْعَبُ |
| 1pl | نَلْعَبُ | لَعِبْنَا | سَنَلْعَبُ |
| 2pl | تَلْعَبُونَ | لَعِبْتُمْ | سَتَلْعَبُونَ |
| 3pl | يَلْعَبُونَ | لَعِبُوا | سَيَلْعَبُونَ |
Word family
لاعِبplayer
لُعْبةgame, toy
مَلْعَبplayground, stadiumتَلاعَبَto manipulate, to toy with
لَعِبplay, playing (verbal noun)Etymology
لَعِب comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root l-ʿ-b, which carries the core idea of play and sport. The same three consonants appear across the family of words for player, game, and playground. A related Hebrew root means to mock or jest, showing how the sense of play can shade into derision.
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