لأى

See also: لأي

Arabic

Root
ل ء ي (l ʔ y)
3 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ʔaː/

Verb

لَأَى • (laʔā) I (non-past يَلْأَى (yalʔā), verbal noun لَأْي (laʔy))

1. to be slow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of لَأَى (I, final-weak, a ~ a, no passive, verbal noun لَأْي)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						لَأْي laʔy
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						لَاءٍ lāʔin
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	لَأَيْتُ laʔaytu	لَأَيْتَ laʔayta	لَأَى laʔā		لَأَيْتُمَا laʔaytumā	لَأَيَا laʔayā		لَأَيْنَا laʔaynā	لَأَيْتُمْ laʔaytum	لَأَوْا laʔaw
	f		لَأَيْتِ laʔayti	لَأَتْ laʔat			لَأَتَا laʔatā			لَأَيْتُنَّ laʔaytunna	لَأَيْنَ laʔayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَلْأَى ʔalʔā	تَلْأَى talʔā	يَلْأَى yalʔā		تَلْأَيَانِ talʔayāni	يَلْأَيَانِ yalʔayāni		نَلْأَى nalʔā	تَلْأَوْنَ talʔawna	يَلْأَوْنَ yalʔawna
	f		تَلْأَيْنَ talʔayna	تَلْأَى talʔā			تَلْأَيَانِ talʔayāni			تَلْأَيْنَ talʔayna	يَلْأَيْنَ yalʔayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَلْأَى ʔalʔā	تَلْأَى talʔā	يَلْأَى yalʔā		تَلْأَيَا talʔayā	يَلْأَيَا yalʔayā		نَلْأَى nalʔā	تَلْأَوْا talʔaw	يَلْأَوْا yalʔaw
	f		تَلْأَيْ talʔay	تَلْأَى talʔā			تَلْأَيَا talʔayā			تَلْأَيْنَ talʔayna	يَلْأَيْنَ yalʔayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَلْءَ ʔalʔa	تَلْءَ talʔa	يَلْءَ yalʔa		تَلْأَيَا talʔayā	يَلْأَيَا yalʔayā		نَلْءَ nalʔa	تَلْأَوْا talʔaw	يَلْأَوْا yalʔaw
	f		تَلْأَيْ talʔay	تَلْءَ talʔa			تَلْأَيَا talʔayā			تَلْأَيْنَ talʔayna	يَلْأَيْنَ yalʔayna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِلْءَ ilʔa			اِلْأَيَا ilʔayā				اِلْأَوْا ilʔaw
	f		اِلْأَيْ ilʔay							اِلْأَيْنَ ilʔayna

Further reading

• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “لأى”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[1] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 954
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لأى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 905

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ʔan/

Noun

لَأًى • (laʔan) m (dual لَأَيَان (laʔayān), plural أَلْآء (ʔalʔāʔ), feminine لَآة (laʔāh))

1. wild ox

Declension

Declension of noun لَأًى (laʔan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَأَى laʔā	اللَّأَى al-laʔā	لَأَى laʔā
Nominative	لَأًى laʔan	اللَّأَى al-laʔā	لَأَى laʔā
Accusative	لَأًى laʔan	اللَّأَى al-laʔā	لَأَى laʔā
Genitive	لَأًى laʔan	اللَّأَى al-laʔā	لَأَى laʔā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَأَيَيْن laʔayayn	اللَّأَيَيْن al-laʔayayn	لَأَيَيْ laʔayay
Nominative	لَأَيَانِ laʔayāni	اللَّأَيَانِ al-laʔayāni	لَأَيَا laʔayā
Accusative	لَأَيَيْنِ laʔayayni	اللَّأَيَيْنِ al-laʔayayni	لَأَيَيْ laʔayay
Genitive	لَأَيَيْنِ laʔayayni	اللَّأَيَيْنِ al-laʔayayni	لَأَيَيْ laʔayay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَلْآء ʔalʔāʔ	الْأَلْآء al-ʔalʔāʔ	أَلْآء ʔalʔāʔ
Nominative	أَلْآءٌ ʔalʔāʔun	الْأَلْآءُ al-ʔalʔāʔu	أَلْآءُ ʔalʔāʔu
Accusative	أَلْآءً ʔalʔāʔan	الْأَلْآءَ al-ʔalʔāʔa	أَلْآءَ ʔalʔāʔa
Genitive	أَلْآءٍ ʔalʔāʔin	الْأَلْآءِ al-ʔalʔāʔi	أَلْآءِ ʔalʔāʔi

Derived terms

• لُؤَيّ (luʔayy)

Further reading

• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “لأى”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 954
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لأى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 906