ل ق بl-q-b
(س) لَقِبَ يَلْقَبُ لَقْبًاlaqiba yalqabu laqban: to give a name other than the original name (this verb is not used in the Quran).
لَقَبٌlaqab pl. اَلْقَابٌal-qāb (noun, ism dhāt): a name other than the original name, an epithet; when given by way of taunt it is called "نَبْزnabz". Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَلَا تَنَابَزُوْا بِالْاَلْقَابِ﴾ (Al-Ḥujurāt 49:11)
Form II (tafʿīl) لَقَّبَ يُلَقِّبُ تَلْقِيْبًاlaqqaba yulaqqibu talqīban: to give someone an epithet; to call someone by an epithet (this verb is not used in the Quran).