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ل-و-ي
The Arabic root ل-و-ي (l-w-y)
Form I verb لَوَى: to bend
7 words in the dictionary are built from ل-و-ي, including verbs in Forms I, III, V. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
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Verbs and the nouns that come from them
لَاوَى
· present يُلَاوِي
Form III · Done to or with someone
to twist around, to coil around (something) (of a snake); to say no; to contradict
لِوَاء
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مُلَاوَاة
مُلَاوٍ
مُلَاوًى
تَلَوَّى
· present يَتَلَوَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to writhe, wriggle, squirm, turn, twist, meander, coil; to be twisted, winding, tortuous, sinuous; to display shrewdness and cunning
تَلَوٍّ
مُتَلَوٍّ
مُتَلَوًّى
Other nouns and adjectives
مُلْتَوٍ
twisted
لَوَّاء
wryneck
اِلْتِوَاء
bending
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