immediately + it, he

: see مَصْدَرِيَّةٌ. ― -b2- It is used as an optative particle, لِلتَّمَنِّى. See Kur, ii. 162; and Jel, ibid. See also كَرَّةٌ. ― -b3- لَوْ كَانَ هٰذَا لَكَانَ ذَاكَ Had this been, or if this were, that had been, or would have been. ― -b4- صَلِّ وَلَوْ عَجَزْتَ عَنِ القِيَامِ means [Pray thou though thou be unable to stand; i. e.] pray thou whether thou be able to stand or unable to do so. (Msb in art. ان.) ― -b5- See also exs. voce أَنَّ, and بَلَّ. ― -b6- لَوْ often begins a sentence ending with an aposiopesis. ― -b7- لَوْ meaning أَنْ: see وَدَّ. ― -b8- لَوْ تُسَوَّى بِهِمُ الأَرْضُ: see بِ as syn. with عَلَى.

The word لَوْ: see a prov. cited voce ذَنَبٌ (near the end of the paragraph). And see سَوْفَ.

[If]. Ex. لَوْ أَنَّكَ قَايأِمٌ لَقُمْتُ [Hadst thou been standing, I had stood]. (K, art. ان.) See Kur, xxxix. 58; &c.

and لَوْمَا: see حَضَّهُ. ― -b2- لَوْلَا فَعَلْتُ كَذَا means Wherefore didst not thou such a thing? and لَوْلَا تَفْعَلُ كَذَا means Wherefore wilt not thou do such a thing? and in like manner, لَوْمَا and ألَّا and هَلَّا. See an ex. in the Kur, x. 98, explained in art. إِلَّا. ― -b3- لَوْلَا هٰذَا لَكَانَ ذَاكَ Had not this been, or but for this, that had been, or would have been. ― -b4- لَوْلَا is followed by a noun in the nom. case (as in the Kur, viii. 69), or by a verb, as in exs. above.

: see أَلَتَ.