Rizwan Zubair

Root ل و ی l-w-y

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ل و یl-w-y

(ض) لَوٰى يَلْوِيْ لَيًّاlawā yalwī layyan (original form: لَوَيَ يَلْوِيُlawaya yalwiyu): (1) to twist a rope; to twist something (2) to twist (the tongue), to distort speech (3) to turn round and look, to pay heed. ﴿لَيًّۢا بِاَلْسِنَتِهِمْ وَطَعْنًا فِي الدِّيْنِ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:46); ﴿وَاِنْ تَلْوُۥٓا اَوْ تُعْرِضُوْا﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:135); ﴿اِذْ تُصْعِدُوْنَ وَلَا تَلْوُۥنَ عَلٰٓى اَحَدٍ﴾ (Āl ʿImrān 3:153)

Form II (tafʿīl) لَوّٰى يُلَوِّيْ تَلْوِيَةًlawwā yulawwī talwiyatan: to twist hard; to toss (the head). Only once in the Quran: ﴿لَوَّوْا رُءُوْسَهُمْ﴾ (Al-Munāfiqūn 63:5)

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