Arabic

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Root
ف ل و (f-l-w)

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Noun

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فَلًا (falanm (collective, singulative فَلَاة f (falāh), plural أَفْلَاء (ʔaflāʔ), paucal فَلَوَات (falawāt))

  1. waterless desert

Declension

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References

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  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “فلا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], 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[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 372–373
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فلا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 981