"لم" meaning in Arabic

See لم in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /li.ma/ Forms: لِمَ [canonical], lima [romanization]
Head templates: {{ar-adv|لِمَ}} لِمَ • (lima)
  1. for what, why
    Sense id: en-لم-ar-adv-dRV0LYb8 Categories (other): Arabic negatives Disambiguation of Arabic negatives: 24 36 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle

IPA: /lam/ Forms: لَمْ [canonical], lam [romanization]
Head templates: {{ar-particle|لَمْ}} لَمْ • (lam)
  1. not (negating past tense) Related terms: لَيْسَ (laysa) Related terms (Negative particles): لَا (lā), لَن (lan), مَا (mā)
    Sense id: en-لم-ar-particle-8PmSiLik Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic entries with language name categories using raw markup, Arabic jussive particles, Arabic negatives, Arabic particles Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 4 78 18 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 76 19 Disambiguation of Arabic jussive particles: 3 65 32 Disambiguation of Arabic negatives: 24 36 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /lum/ Forms: لُمْ [canonical], lum [romanization]
Head templates: {{ar-verb-form|لُمْ|I}} لُمْ • (lum) (form I)
  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of لَامَ (lāma) Tags: active, form-i, form-of, imperative, masculine, second-person, singular Form of: لَامَ (extra: lāma)
    Sense id: en-لم-ar-verb-USFvj~88 Categories (other): Arabic negatives Disambiguation of Arabic negatives: 24 36 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for لم meaning in Arabic (2.9kB)

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