ArabicGenius عَبْقَرِيُّ العَرَبِيَّةِ
lawwaā

bend, contort, distort

لَوَّىَ

Word

Verb · Form II

Root

ل و ي

Forms

Present
يُلَوِّي

In the library

تراهُ إذا تلوَّى في يميني تسابقهُ المنية في شمالي

Diwan Antara ibn Shaddad, page 80 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ لَوَّىيُلَوِّي
she هِيَ لَوَّتتُلَوِّي
they two (m.) هُما لَوَّيايُلَوِّيانِ
they two (f.) هُما لَوَّتاتُلَوِّيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ لَوَّوْايُلَوُّونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ لَوَّيْنَيُلَوِّينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ لَوَّيْتَتُلَوِّي
you (f.) أَنْتِ لَوَّيْتِتُلَوِّينَ
you two أَنْتُما لَوَّيْتُماتُلَوِّيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ لَوَّيْتُمتُلَوُّونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ لَوَّيْتُنَّتُلَوِّينَ
I أَنا لَوَّيْتُأُلَوِّي
we نَحْنُ لَوَّيْنانُلَوِّي

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 9 entries
  • لَوَى عَلَيْهِ Form I He waited for him
    He waited for him. (Msb.) ― -b2- مَرَّ لَا يَلْوِى عَلَى أَحَدٍ He went along, not pausing nor waiting for any one. (Msb.) See the Kur-án, iii. 147. ― -b3- لَوَاهُ بِدَيْنِهِ i. q. مَطَلَهُ. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b4- لَوَى He twisted a thing; turned or wreathed it round or about: contorted it: wound it: curled it: curved it: or bent it. (K, &c.) And He, or it, turned him from his course; made him to deviate, or swerve. ― -b5- لَوَى عَلَيْهِ He went round it, or round about it. (Bd, in liii. 20.) ― -b6- لَوَى عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ [He mode his case, or affair, difficult and intricate to him: see إِلْتَوّى عَلَيْهِ]. (S, K, art. عوص.) ― -b7- لَوَى خَبَرَهُ, (assumed tropical:) He concealed his information. (T, TA.) And لَوَى أَمْرَهُ عِنِّى (tropical:) He concealed his affair from me. (K, TA.)
  • أَلْوَى بِالكَلَامِ Form IV He distorted, wrested, or wrung, the language
    He distorted, wrested, or wrung, the language. (M, K.) [Hence, perhaps, فُلَانٌ يُلْوِى بِخَصْمِهِ, if the verb be correctly thus: see عُقْمِىَ, last sentence.]
  • تَلَوَّى Form V It twisted, or coiled, itself
    It twisted, or coiled, itself: (KL:) it became twisted, or coiled: one says, تَلَوَّتِ الحَيَّةُ. (MA.) ― -b2- تَلَوَّى مِنْ وَجَعِ الضَّرْبِ [He writhed by reason of the pain of beating]. (M, A, K, art. ضور.)
  • يَتَلاَوَيَانِ Form VI They twist together
    said of two serpents [They twist together]: see عَقاَمٌ, last sentence.
  • اِلْتَوَى Form VIII It twisted: wound: bent
    , neuter verb, It twisted: wound: bent. (K, &c.) ― -b2- اِلْتَوَى عَلَيْهِ It (an affair) became difficult; or difficult and intricate. (TA.) ― -b3- الْتَوَتْ عَلَىَّ حَاجَتِى My want became difficult of attainment. (TA.) ― -b4- التوى عَلَيْهِ also He acted, or behaved, perversely towards him.
  • لِوَآءٌ A banner, or standard
    A banner, or standard, syn. عَلَمٌ, (M, Mgh, K,) of a commander, (T,) or of an army, less than the رَايَة, being a strip of cloth, twisted, or wound, and tied to a spear-shaft. (Mgh.) See رِفَادَةٌ. Respecting the لِوَآء of the Kaabeh, see سَدَنَ and فَادَةٌ.
  • سَوَّآءٌ لَوَّآءٌ Open entry
    : see art. سوى.
  • اللَّوَا Open entry
    occurs in poetry for اللَّوَاتِى. (TA in art. شرف.)
  • أَلْوَى Very contentious
    Very contentious. (K.) See an ex. voce مُسْتَمَرّ.

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