لوحة

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ل و ح (l-w-ḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /law.ħa/

Noun

لَوْحَة • (lawḥa) f (plural لَوْحَات (lawḥāt) or أَلْوَاح (ʔalwāḥ))

1. plank; board; blackboard; slate; sheet

Declension

Declension of noun لَوْحَة (lawḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْحَة lawḥa	اللَّوْحَة al-lawḥa	لَوْحَة lawḥat
Nominative	لَوْحَةٌ lawḥatun	اللَّوْحَةُ al-lawḥatu	لَوْحَةُ lawḥatu
Accusative	لَوْحَةً lawḥatan	اللَّوْحَةَ al-lawḥata	لَوْحَةَ lawḥata
Genitive	لَوْحَةٍ lawḥatin	اللَّوْحَةِ al-lawḥati	لَوْحَةِ lawḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْحَتَيْن lawḥatayn	اللَّوْحَتَيْن al-lawḥatayn	لَوْحَتَيْ lawḥatay
Nominative	لَوْحَتَانِ lawḥatāni	اللَّوْحَتَانِ al-lawḥatāni	لَوْحَتَا lawḥatā
Accusative	لَوْحَتَيْنِ lawḥatayni	اللَّوْحَتَيْنِ al-lawḥatayni	لَوْحَتَيْ lawḥatay
Genitive	لَوْحَتَيْنِ lawḥatayni	اللَّوْحَتَيْنِ al-lawḥatayni	لَوْحَتَيْ lawḥatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْحَات‎; أَلْوَاح lawḥāt‎; ʔalwāḥ	اللَّوْحَات‎; الْأَلْوَاح al-lawḥāt‎; al-ʔalwāḥ	لَوْحَات‎; أَلْوَاح lawḥāt‎; ʔalwāḥ
Nominative	لَوْحَاتٌ‎; أَلْوَاحٌ lawḥātun‎; ʔalwāḥun	اللَّوْحَاتُ‎; الْأَلْوَاحُ al-lawḥātu‎; al-ʔalwāḥu	لَوْحَاتُ‎; أَلْوَاحُ lawḥātu‎; ʔalwāḥu
Accusative	لَوْحَاتٍ‎; أَلْوَاحًا lawḥātin‎; ʔalwāḥan	اللَّوْحَاتِ‎; الْأَلْوَاحَ al-lawḥāti‎; al-ʔalwāḥa	لَوْحَاتِ‎; أَلْوَاحَ lawḥāti‎; ʔalwāḥa
Genitive	لَوْحَاتٍ‎; أَلْوَاحٍ lawḥātin‎; ʔalwāḥin	اللَّوْحَاتِ‎; الْأَلْوَاحِ al-lawḥāti‎; al-ʔalwāḥi	لَوْحَاتِ‎; أَلْوَاحِ lawḥāti‎; ʔalwāḥi

Derived terms

• لَوْحَة مَفَاتِح (lawḥa(t) mafātiḥ, “keyboard”)

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لوح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN