لما
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لما¹
Where it comes from
Univerbation of لَم (lam, “not”) + مَا (mā, relative), the original thought being "but not have it that".
particle لَمَّا · lammā
- not yet, but not, yet not; (governs a jussive verb)
adverb لِمَا · limā
- for what (relative, not interrogative)
لما²
Where it comes from
Univerbation of لِ (li, “for”) + إِمَّا (ʔimmā, as for), the original thought being "for as for [when] this is so".
conjunction لَمَّا · lammā
- when; (in the past only)
- in view of, the fact that; because, since 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 إِلَ
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synonym of إِلَّا (ʔillā, “except”)
"إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ"
Similar: إِلَّا
proper noun لَمَا · lamā · -
- a female given name, Lama
In English
- when during the time that
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