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لُعْبَة
toy /ˈluʕ.ba/
nounA1#448 most common
Also: game, plaything, ploy or trick
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ لُعْبَةٌ.
This is a toy.
أَيْنَ لُعْبَتُكَ؟
Where is your toy?
اِشْتَرَتْ أُمِّي لِي لُعْبَةً جَدِيدَةً.
My mother bought me a new toy.
كَسَرَ أَخِي لُعْبَتِيَ الْمُفَضَّلَةَ.
My brother broke my favorite toy.
تَحَوَّلَتِ الْمُبَارَاةُ إِلَى لُعْبَةٍ خَطِيرَةٍ.
The match turned into a dangerous game.
لَمْ يَكُنْ ذٰلِكَ الِاتِّفَاقُ إِلَّا لُعْبَةً سِيَاسِيَّةً مَكْشُوفَةً.
That agreement was nothing but an exposed political ploy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لُعْبَةٌ | لُعَبٌ |
| Genitive | لُعْبَةٍ | لُعَبٍ |
| Accusative | لُعْبَةً | لُعَبًا |
| Vocative | يا لُعْبَةُ | يا لُعَبُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root l-ʿ-b, which carries the idea of playing. On the fuʿla pattern it names a single thing tied to that action, so luʿba is the object of play: a toy. The same root gives the verb laʿiba (to play) and nouns like laaʿib (player) and malʿab (playground).
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