لَهًى
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Also written لها: لَهَا (to turn one's back to)
Highlights
Present tense
يَلْهُو
Verbal noun
لَهْو
Active participle
لَاهٍ
Passive participle
مَلْهُوّ
Most common words from the same root
لَهَا in English
Verb · Form I
- to divert oneself, to fool around, to putz around
لَهَوْنَا بِلَعْبِ الْوَرَقِWe amused ourselves playing cards.بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَٱلْبِلَىWhat a bad servant is he who is heedless and diverted and forgets the graves and trials!7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, section 37
Words from the root ل-ه-و
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
لَهِيَ
· present يَلْهَى
Form I · The plain action
to withdraw from, to give up on, to turn one's back to; to be distracted; to be enamoured
لَاهٍ
مَلْهِيّ
لَهَا
· present يَلْهُو
Form I · The plain action
to divert oneself, to fool around, to putz around
لَهْو
لَاهٍ
مَلْهُوّ
لَهَا
· present يَلْهُو
Form I · The plain action
to turn one's back to, to give up, to abstain
لُهِيّ
لِهْيَان
لَاهٍ
مَلْهُوّ
لَهَّى
· present يُلَهِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to divert, to distract, to turn away; to divert, to regale, to delight
تَلْهِيَة
مُلَهٍّ
مُلَهًّى
to divert, to distract, to turn away; to divert, to regale, to delight
إِلْهَاء
مُلْهٍ
مُلْهًى
تَلَهَّى
· present يَتَلَهَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to amuse oneself, to pass the time (بِ (bi) with); to be distracted, to be inattentive
تَلَهٍّ
مُتَلَهٍّ
مُتَلَهًّى
مَلْهًى
place of entertainment
مِلْهًى
plaything
لَهَاة
uvula
لَهَوِيّ
uvular
لَهَا conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | لَهَوْتُ | أَلْهُو | أَلْهُوَ | أَلْهُ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | لَهَوْتَ | تَلْهُو | تَلْهُوَ | تَلْهُ | اُلْهُ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | لَهَوْتِ | تَلْهِينَ | تَلْهِي | تَلْهِي | اُلْهِي |
| هُوَ he | لَهَا | يَلْهُو | يَلْهُوَ | يَلْهُ | — |
| هِيَ she | لَهَتْ | تَلْهُو | تَلْهُوَ | تَلْهُ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | لَهَوْتُمَا | تَلْهُوَانِ | تَلْهُوَا | تَلْهُوَا | اُلْهُوَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | لَهَوَا | يَلْهُوَانِ | يَلْهُوَا | يَلْهُوَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | لَهَتَا | تَلْهُوَانِ | تَلْهُوَا | تَلْهُوَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | لَهَوْنَا | نَلْهُو | نَلْهُوَ | نَلْهُ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | لَهَوْتُمْ | تَلْهُونَ | تَلْهُوا | تَلْهُوا | اُلْهُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | لَهَوْتُنَّ | تَلْهُونَ | تَلْهُونَ | تَلْهُونَ | اُلْهُونَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | لَهَوْا | يَلْهُونَ | يَلْهُوا | يَلْهُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | لَهَوْنَ | يَلْهُونَ | يَلْهُونَ | يَلْهُونَ | — |
| Verbal noun | لَهْو |
|---|---|
| Active participle | لَاهٍ |
| Passive participle | مَلْهُوّ |
لَهَا in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to divert oneself
لَهَوْنَا بِلَعْبِ الْوَرَقِWe amused ourselves playing cards.
to divert oneself
بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَٱلْبِلَىWhat a bad servant is he who is heedless and diverted and forgets the graves and trials!7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, section 37
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