Arabic word sheet
لُبٌّ
Understanding, mind
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ل ب ب
Meaning and usage
Understanding, mind
A person's power to understand and to judge soundly. It is said above all of a clear mind that is not easily clouded.
الْمُعَلِّمَةُ امْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ لُبٍّ
The teacher is a woman of sound understanding.
Kernel, inside of a fruit
What lies inside a walnut, an almond or a similar fruit and is eaten once the shell has been thrown away.
أَكَلَ سَامِي لُبَّ الْجَوْزِ
Sami ate the kernel of the walnut.
The best part, the core
The purest or most important part of anything, as opposed to what surrounds it.
شَرَحَ الْمُعَلِّمُ لُبَّ الدَّرْسِ
The teacher explained the core of the lesson.
Plural
أَلْبَابٌ / لُبُوبٌ
Word family
What the root means ل ب ب
The root carries the idea of the pure core of a thing, what is left once the outer part is removed. Understanding is named this way because it is the best part of a person; from it also come "the purest part" and "intelligent".
the purest part, the best of a thing
لُبَابٌ
intelligent, sensible
لَبِيبٌ
Synonyms
reason, intellect
عَقْلٌ
It is the general word for reason; the headword is narrower and more literary, naming the mind at its purest.