لوح

لوح

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل و ح‎ (l-w-ḥ). Cognate with Hebrew לוּחַ‎ (lúakh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lawħ/
  • (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /loːħ/

• Audio

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Noun

لَوْح • (lawḥ) m (plural أَلْوَاح‎ (ʾalwāḥ))

1. board, tablet, slab

Declension

Declension of noun لَوْح (lawḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْح lawḥ	اللَّوْح‎ al-lawḥ	لَوْح lawḥ
Nominative	لَوْحٌ lawḥun	اللَّوْحُ‎ al-lawḥu	لَوْحُ lawḥu
Accusative	لَوْحًا‎ lawḥan	اللَّوْحَ‎ al-lawḥa	لَوْحَ lawḥa
Genitive	لَوْحٍ lawḥin	اللَّوْحِ‎ al-lawḥi	لَوْحِ lawḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْحَيْن‎ lawḥayn	اللَّوْحَيْن‎ al-lawḥayn	لَوْحَيْ‎ lawḥay
Nominative	لَوْحَانِ‎ lawḥāni	اللَّوْحَانِ‎ al-lawḥāni	لَوْحَا‎ lawḥā
Accusative	لَوْحَيْنِ‎ lawḥayni	اللَّوْحَيْنِ‎ al-lawḥayni	لَوْحَيْ‎ lawḥay
Genitive	لَوْحَيْنِ‎ lawḥayni	اللَّوْحَيْنِ‎ al-lawḥayni	لَوْحَيْ‎ lawḥay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَلْوَاح‎ ʾalwāḥ	الْأَلْوَاح‎ al-ʾalwāḥ	أَلْوَاح‎ ʾalwāḥ
Nominative	أَلْوَاحٌ‎ ʾalwāḥun	الْأَلْوَاحُ‎ al-ʾalwāḥu	أَلْوَاحُ‎ ʾalwāḥu
Accusative	أَلْوَاحًا‎ ʾalwāḥan	الْأَلْوَاحَ‎ al-ʾalwāḥa	أَلْوَاحَ‎ ʾalwāḥa
Genitive	أَلْوَاحٍ‎ ʾalwāḥin	الْأَلْوَاحِ‎ al-ʾalwāḥi	أَلْوَاحِ‎ ʾalwāḥi

Descendants

• Libyan Arabic: لوح‎ m (lо̄ḥ)
• South Levantine Arabic: لوح‎ m (lōḥ)
• → Malay: lauh, loh
  • Indonesian: lauh, loh
• → Malay: alwah
  • Indonesian: alwah

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “لوح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Egyptian Arabic

Noun

لوح • (lōḥ)

1. shoulder blade

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Libyan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَوْح‎ (lawḥ).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /loːħ/

Noun

لوح (lо̄ḥ) m

1. (uncountable, collective) wood

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæwwæħ/

Verb

لوح (læwwæḥ)

1. to throw
2. to throw away, to discard

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَوْح‎ (lawḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːħ/, [loːħ]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

لوح • (lōḥ) m (plural ألواح‎ (ʔalwāḥ))

1. board, table