لات
See also: لاپ
Arabic
Verb
لَاتَ • (lāta)
- (copulative, invariable, archaic) not to be
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- وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ
- walāta ḥīna manāṣin
- while there is no time for escape
- (literally, “and not is [the time] a time of escape”)
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Usage notes
- This particle is scarcely used even in Classical Arabic, with only one Qur'anic example. Largely this limited use is due to its grammatical requirements; usage is restricted by three very specific rules:
- It must only be found in front of a noun, never a verb or particle.
- The noun being negated must be a noun of time; as an adverb it is placed in the accusative case in the same manner found with لَيْسَ (laysa).
- The subject of the sentence must be omitted.
References
- Lipiński, Edward (2001) Semitic Languages: Outline of a Comparative Grammar (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 80) (in English), 2nd edition, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN: “At least lāta, “not to be”, appears to be borrowed from Late Aramaic layt used as a negative copula [...]”
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /lɑːt/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /lɒːt/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /lɒːt/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /lɔːt/
Related terms
- لاتی (lâti)
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