فلا

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ل و (f-l-w).

Verb

فَلَا (falā) I, non-past يَفْلُو‎ (yaflū)

  1. to withdraw from sucking
  2. to wean, to ablactate
  3. to strike with the sword

Conjugation

Noun

فَلًا (falan) m (collective, singulative فَلَاة (falāh), paucal فَلَوَات (falawāt), plural أَفْلَاء (ʾaflāʾ))

  1. waterless desert

Declension

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863), فلا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2445
  • Freytag, Georg (1835), فلا”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 372–373
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), فلا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 981
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