Arabic vocabulary

لبانmilk of in Arabic

لبان is how you say “milk of” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

يَا من غذى بلبان الْبر وقلب بأيدي الألطاف
O one who was nurtured with the milk of righteousness and turned by hands of grace.
بِلُبَانِ — with the milk of. 'Bi-' (with) fused with 'milk', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'with the milk of righteousness'; it governs the genitive. The 'bi-' marks what one was nourished with; it owns the noun that follows.
From: Remembering and Loving God →
لَو كَانَ فِي قَلْبك محبَّة لبان أَثَرهَا على جسدك
If there was love in your heart, its effect would appear on your body.
لَبَانَ — it would appear. The 'la-' answering the 'law' counterfactual, prefixed to a past-tense verb 'became plain / showed' — 'its trace would have shown'. The 'la-' marks the apodosis of the unreal condition.
From: Remembering and Loving God →

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