How to say "lioness" in Arabic
CognateMeaninglioness
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
لَبُؤَة
labuʾaלבאה
لبؤة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
לְבִיאָה
levi'aلِڤِيئَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ل-ب-أHebrew root
ל-ב-אLabuʾa is leviʾa almost syllable for syllable — both built from the same lion-root ל-ב-א with a feminine ending. Its masculine cousin ל-י-ש shows up under 'lion (literary)'.
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In a phrase
لَبُؤَة كَبِيرَة
labuʾa kabīraלבאה כבירהa big lioness
Plural
لَبُؤَات
labuʾātלבאאתsound feminine plural -āt