لا

Arabic

particle
Definitions
  • no
  • not; negates an indicative present-tense verb
  • do not; expresses prohibition with a jussive verb
  • there is not, there is no, there is nothing, nothing is
  • not; negates any non-verbal sentence element
  • neither, nor

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *lā (no, not).

Origin

Proto-Semitic

*lā

Gloss

no, not

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