لا

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate to Aramaic לָא‎ (lā), Hebrew לֹא‎ (lo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laː/
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Particle

لَا • (lā)

  1. no
  2. not; negates an indicative present-tense verb
  3. do not; expresses prohibition with a jussive verb
  4. there is not, there is no; governs an indefinite accusative noun without nunation
    ‏لَا طَالِبَ حَاضِرٌ.‎‎ ― lā ṭāliba ḥāḍirun. ― No student is present.
  5. not; negates any non-verbal sentence element
  6. neither, nor

Usage notes

  • The Arabic negative is placed directly before the word it negates.
Isolated form Final form
لا ـلا

Antonyms

  • (no): نَعَم‎ (naʿam)
  • (expresses prohibition with a jussive verb): لِـ‎ (li-)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Swahili: la

Conjunction

لَا • (lā)

  1. not, and not

Antonyms

Prefix

لَا • (lā)

  1. non-, un-, in-
    لَاسِلْكِيّ‎ (lāsilkiyy)
    لَامُبَالَاة‎ (lāmubālāh)
    لَافَقَارِيَّات‎ (lāfaqāriyyāt)
    لَامَرْكَزِيَّة‎ (lāmarkaziyya)

See also

Persian

Etymology 1

From French la.

Noun

لا • (lâ)

  1. (music) A, La (the sixth note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
  2. (music) La (the sixth note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the submediant)

Etymology 2

From Arabic لَا‎ (lā).

Particle

Dari Persian لا‎
Iranian Persian لا‎
Tajiki Persian ло (lo)

لا (lâ)

  1. (rare) un-
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

  • لای‎ (lây)

Noun

Dari Persian لا‎
Iranian Persian لا‎
Tajiki Persian ло (lo)

لا • (lâ)

  1. fold
  2. layer
  3. ply
  4. strand
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