ڸٞبْهُن
ḷébhon (du. ḷebáni, pl. ḷebέneʰ, f. ḷebíneʰ, du. ḷebiníti, pl. ḷebhinítin)
basic morphological information

adj.

white
белый
أبيض
LS 228; CSOL I 600; CSOL II 525
text examples

a. ḷébhon ˁan ŝḥaf wa-ˁáfer ˁan dor ráḳaḥ di-témreʰ ‘Whiter than milk, redder than blood – date palm inflorescence.’ (a riddle) (CSOL II 12:22)

b. yešráḳaḥ meʸh néŝyes ṭéṭho tóˀo žed gémed ḷébhon ‘Things like splinters appeared from it, like this, similar to tendons, solid and white.’ (CSOL I 18:43)

root
lbn
etymology

From PWS *laban- ‘white’.

continental MSA