"لو" meaning in South Levantine Arabic

See لو in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /law/, [law]
Etymology: From Arabic لَو (law). Etymology templates: {{inh|ajp|ar|لَو}} Arabic لَو (law) Head templates: {{ajp-conjunction|tr=law}} لو • (law)
  1. if (hypothetical condition) Synonyms: لونّـ
    Sense id: en-لو-ajp-conj-ihlPcw4b
  2. polite request (Could you ...?)
    Sense id: en-لو-ajp-conj-GoSH2xdW Categories (other): South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: لولا (lawla, lōla) (english: if not (hypothetical)) Related terms: إذا (ʔiza) (english: if), إن (ʔin) (english: if), إنكنّـ (ʔin-kann-) (english: if), ياريت (yārēt) (english: if only (wish, hope))

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if not (hypothetical)",
      "roman": "lawla, lōla",
      "word": "لولا"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "لَو"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic لَو (law)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic لَو (law).",
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "لو • (law)",
      "name": "ajp-conjunction"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "conj",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if",
      "roman": "ʔiza",
      "word": "إذا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if",
      "roman": "ʔin",
      "word": "إن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if",
      "roman": "ʔin-kann-",
      "word": "إنكنّـ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if only (wish, hope)",
      "roman": "yārēt",
      "word": "ياريت"
    }
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      ],
      "id": "en-لو-ajp-conj-ihlPcw4b",
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          "if"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لونّـ"
        }
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          "name": "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "polite request (Could you ...?)"
      ],
      "id": "en-لو-ajp-conj-GoSH2xdW"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/law/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[law]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لو"
}
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    "South Levantine Arabic conjunctions",
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "if not (hypothetical)",
      "roman": "lawla, lōla",
      "word": "لولا"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "لَو"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic لَو (law)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic لَو (law).",
  "head_templates": [
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      },
      "expansion": "لو • (law)",
      "name": "ajp-conjunction"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "conj",
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    {
      "english": "if",
      "roman": "ʔiza",
      "word": "إذا"
    },
    {
      "english": "if",
      "roman": "ʔin",
      "word": "إن"
    },
    {
      "english": "if",
      "roman": "ʔin-kann-",
      "word": "إنكنّـ"
    },
    {
      "english": "if only (wish, hope)",
      "roman": "yārēt",
      "word": "ياريت"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "if (hypothetical condition)"
      ],
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        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "لونّـ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "polite request (Could you ...?)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/law/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[law]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لو"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: law",
  "path": [
    "لو"
  ],
  "section": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "subsection": "conjunction",
  "title": "لو",
  "trace": ""
}

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