لم

العربية

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لم^¹

verb لَمَّ · lamma · يَلُمُّ · لَمّ · لَامّ

to gather, to collect, to bring together لَمَّ الْأَدَوَاتِ
idiomatic, with a following genitive of a person to set right, to bring order to (someone's scattered affairs) لَمَّ اللهُ شَعَثَهُ
with بِ to visit briefly, to drop in on, to call on لَمَّ بِهِ
to be struck with mild madness or possession (by a جِنّ)

لم^²

/lam/

particle لَمْ · lam

not (negating past tense) لَمْ يَكْتُبْ

لم^³

/li.ma/

Where it comes from

From لِـ (li-, “for”) + مَا (mā, “what”), literally “for what”.

adverb لِمَ · lima

for what, why لِمَ تَرجَحُ مشاعري؟

In English

not negates meaning of another word
why (interrogative) for what reason
what for for what reason; why

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {لم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%84%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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