The triliteral root lām wāw tā (ل و ت) occurs only once in the Quran, as the form I verb lāta (لَاتَ). The translation below is a brief gloss intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on the word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Verb (form I) - to not be
(38:3:8) walāta | when there (was) no longer | كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon - Classical Arabic dictionary