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لَآءَ

Root: لوأ

Form: 1

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لَآءَI , Present.T يَلُوْءُ, Verbal.Noun لَوْءَةٌ, app., He was foul, ugly, or deformed, in countenance.] لَوْءَةٌ, accord. to the K, is the same as سَوْءَةٌ; but this is probably a mistake for شَوْءَةٌ, The being foul, ugly, or deformed, in countenance; [which is the signification of لَوَّةٌ]. [See art. لوى.]
2 هٰذَا وَاللّٰهِ الشَّوْءَةُ وَاللَّوْءَةُ, and اللَّوَّةُ, [app., This, by Allah, is foulness and ugliness!]


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