لو

لَوْ ذ : see مَصْدَرِيَّةٌ. ― -b2- It is used as an optative particle, لِلتَّمَنِّى. See Kur, ii. 162; and Jel, ibid. See also كَرَّةٌ. ― -b3- لَوْ كَانَ هٰذَا لَكَانَ ذَاكَ Had this been, or if this were, that had been, or would have been. ― -b4- صَلِّ وَلَوْ عَجَزْتَ عَنِ القِيَامِ means [ Pray thou though thou be unable to stand; i. e.] pray thou whether thou be able to stand or unable to do so. (Msb in art. ان.) ― -b5- See also exs. voce أَنَّ, and بَلَّ. ― -b6- لَوْ often begins a sentence ending with an aposiopesis. ― -b7- لَوْ meaning أَنْ: see وَدَّ. ― -b8- لَوْ تُسَوَّى بِهِمُ الأَرْضُ: see بِ as syn. with عَلَى.