See لما in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَرْتَبِطْ أَوَّلُ الْكَلَامِ بِآخِرِهِ لِأَنَّ أَوَّلَهُ فِعْلٌ وَآخِرُهُ ٱسْمَانِ، وَٱلْأَسْمَاءُ لَا يُعَادَلُ بِهَا ٱلْأَفْعَال، أَدْخَلُوا هُنَاكَ حَرْفًا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ مَا بَعْدَهُ مُسَبَّبٌ عَمَّا قَبْلَهُ لَا مَعْنَى لِلْعَطْفِ فِيهِ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا هَٰذَا الْمَعْنَى إِلَّا فِي الْفَاءِ وَحْدَهَا.",
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"expansion": "Univerbation of لِ (li, “for”) + إِمَّا (ʔimmā, as for)",
"name": "univerbation"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Univerbation of لِ (li, “for”) + إِمَّا (ʔimmā, as for), the original thought being \"for as for [when] this is so\".",
"forms": [
{
"form": "لَمَا",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "lamā",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ar-decl-noun",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"informal",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "لَمَا",
"roman": "lamā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"informal",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"informal",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"invariable",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "لَمَا",
"roman": "lamā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"invariable",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"invariable",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "لَمَا",
"roman": "lamā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"construct",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "لَمَا",
"roman": "lamā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"genitive",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "لَمَا",
"2": "f"
},
"expansion": "لَمَا • (lamā) f",
"name": "ar-proper noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "لَمَا",
"state": "ind-def"
},
"name": "ar-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Arabic female given names",
"Arabic given names"
],
"glosses": [
"a female given name, Lama"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Lama",
"Lama#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "لما"
}
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