لمى

See also: لما

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ل م ي (l-m-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.man/

Noun

لَمًى • (laman) m

1. dark red colour (of lips)
   • a. 1374, Ibn al-Khatib, Zaman Al-Wasl:

     بِٱلَّذِي أَسْكَرَ مِنْ عَذْبِ ٱللَّمَى
     كُلَّ كَأْسٍ تَحْتَسِيهِ وَحَبَبْ
     وَٱلَّذِي كَحَّلَ جَفْنَيْكَ بِمَا
     سَجَدَ ٱلسِّحْرُ لَدَيْهِ وَٱقْتَرَبْ

     bi-llaḏī ʔaskara min ʕaḏbi l-lamā
     kulla kaʔsin taḥtasīhi waḥabab
     wallaḏī kaḥḥala jafnayka bimā
     sajada s-siḥru ladayhi waqtarab

     By the one who with the sweetness of their lips has intoxicated – the sweet wine that you drink – and the one who has painted your eyelids with kohl, by the one – for whom magic kneels and approaches

Declension

Declension of noun لَمًى (laman)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَمَى lamā	اللَّمَى al-lamā	لَمَى lamā
Nominative	لَمًى laman	اللَّمَى al-lamā	لَمَى lamā
Accusative	لَمًى laman	اللَّمَى al-lamā	لَمَى lamā
Genitive	لَمًى laman	اللَّمَى al-lamā	لَمَى lamā

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.maː/

Proper noun

لَمَى • (lamā) f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of noun لَمَى (lamā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	لَمَى lamā	—
Nominative	—	لَمَى lamā	—
Accusative	—	لَمَى lamā	—
Genitive	—	لَمَى lamā	—

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ləmː.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

لَمّی • (lammī) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੰਮੀ)

1. feminine of لَمّا (lammā, “tall; high”)