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لَوَّح
to wave (a hand, flag, or object) as a signal /ˈlawːaħa/
verbB2#3543 most common
Also: to brandish, to hint at, allude to, to signal, beckon
Example sentences
لَوَّحَتْ لِي بِيَدِهَا.
She waved to me with her hand.
لَوَّحَ الْوَلَدُ لِأُمِّهِ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ.
The boy waved to his mother at the door.
لَوَّحَ الْقَائِدُ بِالْعَلَمِ أَمَامَ الْجُنُودِ.
The commander waved the flag in front of the soldiers.
لَوَّحَتِ الشَّمْسُ بَشَرَتَهُ خِلَالَ الصَّيْفِ.
The sun darkened his skin over the summer.
لَوَّحَ الْمُتَحَدِّثُ إِلَى إِمْكَانِيَّةِ تَغْيِيرِ السِّيَاسَةِ دُونَ أَنْ يُصَرِّحَ بِذَلِكَ.
The speaker hinted at the possibility of a policy change without stating it outright.
لَوَّحَ الْمُفَاوِضُ بِوَرَقَةِ الِانْسِحَابِ لِيُمَارِسَ ضَغْطًا نَفْسِيًّا عَلَى الطَّرَفِ الْآخَرِ.
The negotiator brandished the option of withdrawal to put psychological pressure on the other side.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُلَوِّحُ | لَوَّحْتُ | سَأُلَوِّحُ |
| 2sg | تُلَوِّحُ | لَوَّحْتَ | سَتُلَوِّحُ |
| 3sg | يُلَوِّحُ | لَوَّحَ | سَيُلَوِّحُ |
| 1pl | نُلَوِّحُ | لَوَّحْنَا | سَنُلَوِّحُ |
| 2pl | تُلَوِّحُونَ | لَوَّحْتُمْ | سَتُلَوِّحُونَ |
| 3pl | يُلَوِّحُونَ | لَوَّحُوا | سَيُلَوِّحُونَ |
Word family
لاحto appear, loom, glimmer
لوح (lawḥ)board, tablet, plank
تلويح (taḷwīḥ)waving, gesturing, hinting (verbal noun)
لوحة (lawḥa)painting, panel, sign board
ملوّح (mulawwaḥ)sun-tanned, discolored by sun exposure
Etymology
لوّح is the Form II (intensive) verb built on the triliteral Semitic root ل-و-ح, which carries the core idea of appearing, shining, or flashing. The base verb لاح means to loom or shine, and doubling the middle radical in Form II shifts this toward a repeated, visible motion: waving, signaling, or brandishing. The same root gives Arabic its word for a board or tablet, since a flat surface catching light was seen as something that appears or flashes.
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