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لقّبهُ

Root: لقب

Form: 2

Full Definition

لقّبهُII , Verbal.Noun تَلْقِيبٌ, He called him, or named him, by such a by-name, or surname, or nickname; he surnamed him, or nicknamed him, so. See لَقَبٌ.
2 لقّب الإِسْمَ بِالفِعْلِ [i. e., بِالفَاءِ وَالعَيْنِ وَاللَّامِ] He called the noun by an appellation in which its radical letters were represented by ف, ع, and ل; this appellation being its measure; as when جَوْرَبٌ is called فَوْعَلٌ. [But this signification belongs to the conventional language of lexicology and grammar.]
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