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لَوْلَا ذ and لَوْمَا: see حَضَّهُ. ― -b2- لَوْلَا فَعَلْتُ كَذَا means Wherefore didst not thou such a thing? and لَوْلَا تَفْعَلُ كَذَا means Wherefore wilt not thou do such a thing? and in like manner, لَوْمَا and ألَّا and هَلَّا. See an ex. in the Kur, x. 98, explained in art. إِِلَّا. ― -b3- لَوْلَا هٰذَا لَكَانَ ذَاكَ Had not this been, or but for this, that had been, or would have been. ― -b4- لَوْلَا is followed by a noun in the nom. case (as in the Kur, viii. 69), or by a verb, as in exs. above.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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