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لوء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of disfigurement, ugliness, or deformity, often in a physical sense. It can also refer to something being distorted or marred.

Derived headwords

لَوأَverb
  1. 1.
    to disfigureclassical

    To make something or someone appear ugly, deformed, or marred.

لَوْءnoun
  1. 1.
    disfigurementclassical

    An act or instance of being disfigured; ugliness or deformity.

لُؤْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    uglinessclassical

    A state of being ugly or deformed; a blemish or deformity.

Parallel reading

ويقال لوأ الله بك، بالهمز، أي شوه بك.
And it is said, 'May God disfigure you,' with the hamza, meaning, 'May He make you ugly.'
فلوأ، بالعينين والوجه، جابر أي شوه.
So, disfigured in the eyes and face, Jabir means he was made ugly.
ويقال: هذه والله الشوهة واللوأة.
And it is said: 'By God, this is the ugliness and the disfigurement.'
ويقال: اللوة، بغير همز.
And it is said: 'Al-law'ah,' without the hamza.