لها

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل ه و‎ (l-h-w).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.haː/

Verb

لَهَا • (lahā) I, non-past يَلْهُو‎‎ (yalhū)

  1. to divert oneself, to fool around, to putz around [+ بِ‎ (object) = wherewith]
    • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 37:
      ‏بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَٱلْبِلَى‎
      biʔsa l-ʕabdu ʕabdun sahā wa-lahā wa-nasiya l-maqābira wa-l-bilā
      What a bad servant is he who is heedless and diverted and forgets the graves and trials!
    ‏لَهَوْنَا‎‎ بِلَعْبِ الْوَرَقِ‎ ― lahawnā bi-laʕbi l-waraqi ― We amused ourselves playing cards.

Conjugation

Verb

لَهَا • (lahā) I, non-past يَلْهُو‎‎ (yalhū)

  1. to turn one's back to, to give up, to abstain [+ عَن‎ (object)]

Conjugation

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