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ما

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with negation and prohibition, functioning as a particle to deny or invalidate a statement. It can also be used interrogatively or as a relative pronoun, though its core semantic field revolves around absence or non-existence.

Derived headwords

مَاparticle
  1. 1.
    notboth

    A particle used for negation, typically preceding a verb or a nominal sentence to deny its truth.

  2. 2.
    whatboth

    An interrogative particle used to ask about something.

  3. 3.
    that whichboth

    A relative pronoun introducing a clause that functions as a noun.

زَجْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wordclassical

    A spoken utterance or a term.

Parallel reading

ما سمعت زجبة، بالضم، أي كلمة.
I did not hear a word, with dammah, meaning any word.