لا – The Arabic Pages

The Absolute Negation in Arabic

نَفْي root: ن-ف-ي / verbal noun of form I / definition: negation Do you remember the phrase لا داعِيَ from Wehr Wednesdays #32? Did you wonder why the word داعي ends in a fatha here? It’s all down to the “لا of absolute negation”…

The Attached لا Prefix

مُتَّصِل root: و-ص-ل / adjective, active participle of form VIII / definition: attached, adjoining So you think you know “لا”? Well, of course you do. It’s one of the first words we all learnt. But did you know that the Arabic “no” can also be used in some cases as an attached prefix? Hold ontoContinue reading “The Attached لا Prefix”