لها

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ل ه و (l-h-w)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

لَهَا (lahā) I, non-past يَلْهُو‎ (yalhū)

  1. to divert oneself, to fool around, to putz around [+ بِ (object) = wherewith]
    لَهَوْنَا بِلَعْبِ الْوَرَقِlahawnā bi-laʕbi l-waraqiWe amused ourselves playing cards.
    • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, section 37:
      بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَٱلْبِلَى
      biʔsa l-ʕabdu ʕabdun sahā wa-lahā wa-nasiya l-maqābira wa-l-bilā
      What a bad servant is he who is heedless and diverted and forgets the graves and trials!

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Verb[edit]

لَهَا (lahā) I, non-past يَلْهُو‎ (yalhū)

  1. to turn one's back to, to give up, to abstain [+ عَن (object)]

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