Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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لهو لو لوأ


لَوْ

Root: لو - Entry: لَوْ Signification: A2

It is used as an optative particle, لِلتَّمَنِّى. See Ḳur, ii. 162; and Jel, ibid. See also كَرَّةٌ.

Root: لو - Entry: لَوْ Signification: A3

لَوْ كَانَ هٰذَا لَكَانَ ذَاكَ Had this been, or if this were, that had been, or would have been.

Root: لو - Entry: لَوْ Signification: A4

صَلِّ وَلَوْ عَجَزْتَ عَنِ القِيَامِ means [Pray thou though thou be unable to stand; i. e.] pray thou whether thou be able to stand or unable to do so. (Mṣb in art. ان.)

Root: لو - Entry: لَوْ Signification: A5

See also exs. voce أَنَّ, and بَلَّ.

Root: لو - Entry: لَوْ Signification: A6

لَوْ often begins a sentence ending with an aposiopesis.

Root: لو - Entry: لَوْ Signification: A7

لَوْ meaning أَنْ: see وَدَّ.

Root: لو - Entry: لَوْ Signification: A8

لَوْ تُسَوَّى بِهِمُ الأَرْضُ: see بِ as syn. with عَلَى.


لَوٌّ

لَوٌّ The word لَوْ: see a prov. cited voce ذَنَبٌ (near the end of the paragraph). And see سَوْفَ.


لَوْ

لَوْ أَنَّ [If]. Ex. لَوْ أَنَّكَ قَائِمٌ لَقُمْتُ [Hadst thou been standing, I had stood]. (Ḳ, art. ان.) See Ḳur, xxxix. 58;, &c.


لَوْلَا

لَوْلَا and لَوْمَا: see حَضَّهُ.

Root: لو - Entry: لَوْلَا Signification: A2

لَوْلَا فَعَلْتُ كَذَا means Wherefore didst not thou such a thing? and لَوْلَا تَفْعَلُ كَذَا means Wherefore wilt not thou do such a thing? and in like manner, لَوْمَا and ألَّا and هَلَّا. See an ex. in the Ḳur, x. 98, explained in art. إِلَّا.

Root: لو - Entry: لَوْلَا Signification: A3

لَوْلَا هٰذَا لَكَانَ ذَاكَ Had not this been, or but for this, that had been, or would have been.

Root: لو - Entry: لَوْلَا Signification: A4

لَوْلَا is followed by a noun in the nom. case (as in the Ḳur, viii. 69), or by a verb, as in exs. above.


لَاتَ

لَاتَ: see أَلَتَ.


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