لَيّ
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Highlights
Present tense
يَلْوِي
Verbal noun
لَيّ
Active participle
لَاوٍ
Passive participle
مَلْوِيّ
Most common words from the same root
Noun
لِوَاء
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Adjective
مُلْتَوٍ
twisted
Noun
لَوَّاء
wryneck
لَوَى in English
Verb · Form I
- to bend, to curve, to contort
Word origin
From the root ل و ي (l w y). Compare with Hebrew ל־ו־ה.
Words from the root ل-و-ي
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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
مُلْتَوٍ
twisted
لَوَّاء
wryneck
اِلْتِوَاء
bending
لَوَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | لَوَيْتُ | أَلْوِي | أَلْوِيَ | أَلْوِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | لَوَيْتَ | تَلْوِي | تَلْوِيَ | تَلْوِ | اِلْوِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | لَوَيْتِ | تَلْوِينَ | تَلْوِي | تَلْوِي | اِلْوِي |
| هُوَ he | لَوَى | يَلْوِي | يَلْوِيَ | يَلْوِ | — |
| هِيَ she | لَوَتْ | تَلْوِي | تَلْوِيَ | تَلْوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | لَوَيْتُمَا | تَلْوِيَانِ | تَلْوِيَا | تَلْوِيَا | اِلْوِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | لَوَيَا | يَلْوِيَانِ | يَلْوِيَا | يَلْوِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | لَوَتَا | تَلْوِيَانِ | تَلْوِيَا | تَلْوِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | لَوَيْنَا | نَلْوِي | نَلْوِيَ | نَلْوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | لَوَيْتُمْ | تَلْوُونَ | تَلْوُوا | تَلْوُوا | اِلْوُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | لَوَيْتُنَّ | تَلْوِينَ | تَلْوِينَ | تَلْوِينَ | اِلْوِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | لَوَوْا | يَلْوُونَ | يَلْوُوا | يَلْوُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | لَوَيْنَ | يَلْوِينَ | يَلْوِينَ | يَلْوِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | لَيّ |
|---|---|
| Active participle | لَاوٍ |
| Passive participle | مَلْوِيّ |
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