لَائِح
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Highlights
Plural
أَلْوَاح
Most common words from the same root
لَوْح in English
Noun · masculine
- board, tablet, slab, plank, signboard, sign
فَتَحَ رَجُلٌ دُكَّانَ سَمَكٍ، وَعَلَّقَ فَوْقَ بَابِهِ لَوْحًا صَغِيرًا كَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ: «هُنَا يُبَاعُ ٱلسَّمَكُ».A man opened a fish shop and hung a small sign above his door on which he wrote: "Fish are sold here".
Word origin
From the root ل و ح (l w ḥ). Cognate with Hebrew לוּחַ (lúakh).
Words from the root ل-و-ح
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
لَاحَ
· present يَلُوحُ
Form I · The plain action
to appear, to become visible, to begin to shine
لَوَّحَ
· present يُلَوِّحُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to wave, gesticulate, insinuate
تَلْوِيح
verbal noun of لَوَّحَ
مُلَوِّح
مُلَوَّح
لَوْح: plural and other forms
| Singular | لَوْح |
|---|---|
| Plural | أَلْوَاح |
لَوْح in a sentence
Dictionary examples
board
فَتَحَ رَجُلٌ دُكَّانَ سَمَكٍ، وَعَلَّقَ فَوْقَ بَابِهِ لَوْحًا صَغِيرًا كَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ: «هُنَا يُبَاعُ ٱلسَّمَكُ».A man opened a fish shop and hung a small sign above his door on which he wrote: "Fish are sold here".
From a fully vowelled text
وَلِجَانِبِ الْمَسْكَنِ الثَّانِي إِلَى جِهَةِ الشِّمَالِ عِشْرِينَ لَوْحًا.And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:Exodus 26:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَطَلَبَ لَوْحًا وَكَتَبَ قِائِلاً: «اسْمُهُ يُوحَنَّا». فَتَعَجَّبَ الْجَمِيعُ.And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.Luke 1:63, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَلِجَانِبِ الْمَسْكَنِ الثَّانِي إِلَى جِهَةِ الشِّمَالِ صَنَعَ عِشْرِينَ لَوْحًا،And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,Exodus 36:25, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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