فلا

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Arabic

Root
ف ل و (f l w)
5 terms

Verb

فَلَا (falā) I (non-past يَفْلُو (yaflū), verbal noun فَلْو (falw) or فَلَاء (falāʔ))

  1. to withdraw from sucking
  2. to wean, to ablactate
  3. to strike with the sword

Conjugation

Noun

فَلًا (falanm (collective, singulative فَلَاة f (falāh), plural أَفْلَاء (ʔaflāʔ), paucal فَلَوَات (falawāt))

  1. waterless desert

Declension

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “فلا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2445
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “فلا”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 372–373
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فلا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 981