لما
See also: لمى
Arabic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Univerbation of لَم (lam, “not”) + مَا (mā, relative), the original thought being "but not have it that".
Particle edit
لَمَّا • (lammā)
Adverb edit
لِمَا • (limā)
- for what (relative, not interrogative)
Etymology 2 edit
Univerbation of لِ (li, “for”) + إِمَّا (ʔimmā, as for), the original thought being "for as for [when] this is so".
Conjunction edit
لَمَّا • (lammā)
- when; (in the past only)
- in view of, the fact that; because, since
- a. 1002, Ibn Jinni, سر صناعة الإعراب:
- فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَرْتَبِطْ أَوَّلُ الْكَلَامِ بِآخِرِهِ لِأَنَّ أَوَّلَهُ فِعْلٌ وَآخِرُهُ ٱسْمَانِ، وَٱلْأَسْمَاءُ لَا يُعَادَلُ بِهَا ٱلْأَفْعَال، أَدْخَلُوا هُنَاكَ حَرْفًا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ مَا بَعْدَهُ مُسَبَّبٌ عَمَّا قَبْلَهُ لَا مَعْنَى لِلْعَطْفِ فِيهِ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا هَٰذَا الْمَعْنَى إِلَّا فِي الْفَاءِ وَحْدَهَا.
- falammā lam yartabiṭ ʔawwalu l-kalāmi biʔāḵirihi liʔanna ʔawwalahu fiʕlun waʔāḵiruhu smāni, wal-ʔasmāʔu lā yuʕādalu bihā l-ʔafʕāl, ʔadḵalū hunāka ḥarfan yadullu ʕalā ʔanna mā baʕdahu musabbabun ʕammā qablahu lā maʕnā lilʕaṭfi fīhi falam yajidū hāḏā l-maʕnā ʔillā fī l-fāʔi waḥdahā.
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- (obsolete) Synonym of إِلَّا (ʔillā, “except”)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 86:4:
- إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
- ʔin kullu nafsin llammā ʕalayhā ḥāfiẓun
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Proper noun edit
لَمَا • (lamā) f
- a female given name
Declension edit
Declension of noun لَمَا (lamā)
Singular | singular invariable | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | لَمَا lamā |
— |
Nominative | — | لَمَا lamā |
— |
Accusative | — | لَمَا lamā |
— |
Genitive | — | لَمَا lamā |
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Hijazi Arabic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
لما • (lamma)
- when, while
- لما جيت ذاك اليوم ما لقيتك
- lamma jīt dāk al-yōm mā ligītak
- When I came that day I didn't find you
- as, as long as
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
لما • (lama) f
- a female given name
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀁𑀩 (laṃba), from Sanskrit लम्ब (lamba). Compare Urdu لمبا / Hindi लम्बा (lambā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ləm.mäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective edit
لَمّا • (lammā) (feminine لمى, Gurmukhi spelling ਲੰਮਾ)
Declension edit
Declension of لما | |||||
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masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
direct | لَمّا (lammā) | لَمّے (lamme) | لَمّی (lammī) | لَمّیاں (lammīyāṉ) | |
oblique | لَمّے (lamme) | لَمّیْاں (lammiyāṉ) | لَمّی (lammī) | لَمّیاں (lammīyāṉ) |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لمّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “لمّا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lamba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 636
South Levantine Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
لمّا • (lamma)
- when
- Synonym: و (w-)
- as soon as, once (with subjunctive verb)
- Synonym: بسّ (bass)
Ushojo edit
Noun edit
لما (lamā)