Arabic - English Dictionary لَوْ
Root: ل و
حرف شرط غير جازم يفيد التعليق في الماضي أو المستقبل، يُستعمل في الامتناع أو في غير الإمكان، أي : امتناع الجواب لامتناع الشرط
🇬🇧 Translation:
A conditional particle that does not govern jzm (non-apocopating conditional particle), used to link clauses in the past or future, expressing negation or impossibility, i.e., the non-occurrence of the consequence due to the non-occurrence of the condition.
حرف مصدريّ بمنزلة أنْ، إلَاّ أنّه لا ينصب ويأتي غالبًا بعد الفعل (ودَّ يَوَدُّ)
🇬🇧 Translation:
- A source particle (harf masdari) equivalent in function to 'an, except that it does not govern nasb, and it usually comes after the verb (wadda
- to wish).
حرف للتَّمنّي لا يعمل ويَقْترَن جوابُه بالفاء ويكون منصوبًا
🇬🇧 Translation:
A particle for expressing a wish (tamanni) that is indeclinable, and its response is coupled with fa' and takes the nasb case.
حرف للعَرْض ويَقْترَن جوابُه بالفاء ويكون منصوبًا
🇬🇧 Translation:
A particle for offering or proposing (ardh) whose response is coupled with fa' and takes the nasb case.
حرف للتَّقليل
🇬🇧 Translation:
A particle denoting a small amount or minimizing (taqlil).
حرف للدّعاء، ويقترن جوابُه بالفاء ويكون منصوبا
🇬🇧 Translation:
A particle for supplication (expressing a wish/prayer), and its response is coupled with fa' and takes the nasb case.
حرف للنفي
🇬🇧 Translation:
A particle of negation (nafy).
حرف يفيد الحضّ والأمر
🇬🇧 Translation:
A particle indicating strong urging (hadldh) and command.
حرف يفيد التعميم والدلالة على المستقبل
🇬🇧 Translation:
A particle denoting generalization and indication of the future.
Example / Citation:
- " لو كنتُ غنيًّا لتصدَّقت بنصف مالي
- {وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ} "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " If I were rich, I would have given half my wealth in charity
- {And if Allah had willed, He could have taken away their hearing} "