لا

From Proto-Semitic *lā.

• IPA^(key): /laː/

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لَا • (lā)

1. no
2. not; negates an indicative present-tense verb
3. do not; expresses prohibition with a jussive verb

   ‏لَا نَنْسَ…‎‎ ― lā nansa… ― Let’s not forget…

   ‏لَا يَفُتْكُمْ‎ ― lā yafutkum ― He shall not miss you.

4. there is not, there is no; governs an accusative noun in the determinate state (but in the indeterminate state if a prepositional phrase depends on the noun, and as liked the accusative of the determinate state, the accusative of the indeterminate state, or the nominative of the indeterminate state for every part if a sentence stacks such constructions)

   ‏لَا طَالِبَ حَاضِرٌ.‎‎ ― lā ṭāliba ḥāḍirun. ― No student is present.

5. not; negates any non-verbal sentence element
6. neither, nor

• The Arabic negative is placed directly before the word it negates.

• (no): نَعَم‎ (naʿam)
• (expresses prohibition with a jussive verb): لِـ‎ (li-)

• Swahili: la

لَا • (lā)

1. not, and not

   ‏أَحْضِرْ وَثَائِقَكَ لَا كُتُبَكَ‎

   ʾaḥḍir waṯāʾiqaka lā kutubaka

   Bring your documents, not your books.

• بَلْ‎ (bal)

لَا • (lā)

1. non-, un-, in-

   لَاسُلْطَوِيّ‎ (lāsulṭawiyy)

   لَاسِلْكِيّ‎ (lāsilkiyy)

   لَامُبَالَاة‎ (lāmubālāh)

   لَافَقَارِيَّات‎ (lāfaqāriyyāt)

   لَامَرْكَزِيَّة‎ (lāmarkaziyya)

• وَلَا سِيَّمَا‎ (walā siyyamā)
• لَا جَرَمَ‎ (lā jarama)
• لَا بَأْسَ‎ (lā baʾsa)

• إِلَّا‎ (ʾillā)
• بَلْ‎ (bal)
• غَيْر‎ (ḡayr)
• عَدَم‎ (ʿadam)
• كَلَّا‎ (kallā)
• لَيْسَ‎ (laysa)
• لَمْ‎ (lam)
• لَمَّا‎ (lammā)
• لَنْ‎ (lan)
• مَا‎ (mā)

• Fischer, Wolfdietrich (2006) Grammatik des Klassischen Arabisch (in German), 4^th edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, § 318

From French la.

لا • (lâ)

1. (music) A, La (the sixth note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
2. (music) La (the sixth note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the submediant)

From Arabic لَا‎ (lā).

لا (lâ)

1. (rare) un-

• (no, not): نه‎ (na), نیست‎ (nist)
• (-un): نا‎ (nâ)

• لای‎ (lây)

لا • (lâ)

1. fold
2. layer
3. ply
4. strand