لا

Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬, which, in older texts, is used in the negative imperative and the negative existential indicative.

Particle

 * 1) no
 * 2) not; negates an indicative present-tense verb
 * 3) do not; expresses prohibition with a jussive verb
 * 4) * Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma
 * "ar"
 * 1) * Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma
 * "ar"
 * "ar"

- يَا حَارِ لَا أُرْمَيَنْ مِنْكُمْ بِدَاهِيَةٍ / لَمْ يَلْقَهَا سُوقَةٌ قَبْلِي وَلَا مَلِكُ


 * 1) * Al-Farazdaq
 * "ar"

- إِذَا مَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ دِمَشْقَ فَلَا نَعُدْ / لَهَا أَبَدًا مَا دَامَ فِيهَا الْجُرَاضِمُ


 * 1) there is not, there is no, there is nothing, nothing is
 * 2) not; negates any non-verbal sentence element
 * 3) neither, nor
 * 1) neither, nor

Usage notes
As shown in the example, sense 4 generally governs a noun in the determinate state and the accusative case — that is, a noun without nunation. However, subsequent adjectives are in the indeterminate state, meaning they are nunated: If, instead of an adjective, there is an attributive prepositional phrase, the initial noun can be in either state: Additionally, sense 4 can govern a preposition alone, with an implicit third-person singular masculine subject and no visible case or state. This is the origin of and similar collocations.

Conjunction

 * 1) not, and not

Derived terms

 * [sic]

Prefix

 * 1) non-, un-, in-

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

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

Etymology 2
From.

Particle

 * 1)  un-

Noun

 * 1) fold
 * 2) layer
 * 3) ply
 * 4) strand

Noun

 * 1) cucumber

Etymology
From.

Particle

 * 1) don't
 * 2) may it not
 * 1) may it not
 * 1) may it not

Usage notes

 * The negative imperative with is more formal, while  and the suffix  are more common in informal speech.
 * is often used a fixed expression not conjugated by person and number and might be written as one word.

Etymology
From.

Particle

 * 1) not