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ولا سيما

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Etymology

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Morphologically وَ (wa, “and”) +‎ لَا (lā, “no; there is no”) +‎ سِيّ (siyy) +‎ مَا (mā), roughly meaning "(and) there is no equal to".

Adverb

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وَلَا سِيَّمَا • (wa-lā siyyamā)

  1. especially
    أُحِبُّ قِرَاءَةَ الكُتُبِ وَلَا سِيَّمَا العِلْمِيَّةُ مِنْهَا.
    ʔuḥibbu qirāʔata l-kutubi wa-lā siyyamā al-ʕilmiyyatu minhā.
    I love reading books, especially the scientific ones.
    • a. 544 CE, امرؤ القيس, معلقة امرئ القيس:
      أَلَا رُبَّ يَوْمٍ لَكَ مِنْهُنَّ صَالِحٍ
      وَلَا سِيَّمَا يَوْمٌ بِدَارَةِ جُلْجُلِ
      ʔalā rubba yawmin laka minhunna ṣāliḥin
      wa-lā siyyamā yawmun bidārati juljuli
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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