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لَوْح
board (a flat slab of wood or similar material, also tablet) /ˈlawħ/
nounB1#2536 most common
Also: tablet, plank, slate
Example sentences
هٰذَا لَوْحٌ خَشَبِيٌّ.
This is a wooden board.
أَكْتُبُ عَلَى اللَّوْحِ.
I write on the board.
اِشْتَرَتِ المُعَلِّمَةُ لَوْحًا جَدِيدًا لِلصَّفِّ.
The teacher bought a new board for the classroom.
تُوجَدُ أَلْوَاحٌ خَشَبِيَّةٌ قَدِيمَةٌ فِي المَتْحَفِ.
There are old wooden tablets in the museum.
كَتَبَ الكَاتِبُ نُصُوصَهُ الأُولَى عَلَى لَوْحٍ مِنَ الطِّينِ.
The scribe wrote his first texts on a clay tablet.
يُؤْمِنُ المُسْلِمُونَ بِأَنَّ القُرْآنَ مَحْفُوظٌ فِي اللَّوْحِ المَحْفُوظِ.
Muslims believe the Quran is preserved on the Preserved Tablet.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَوْحٌ | أَلْوَاحٌ |
| Genitive | لَوْحٍ | أَلْوَاحٍ |
| Accusative | لَوْحًا | أَلْوَاحًا |
| Vocative | يَا لَوْحُ | يَا أَلْوَاحُ |
Word family
لَوْحَة (lawḥa)painting, panel, sign
لاَحَ (lāḥa)to appear, shine, loom into view
لَوَّحَ (lawwaḥa)to wave, signal, brandish
تَلْوِيح (talwīḥ)waving, signaling, hinting
Etymology
لَوْح comes from the Semitic root ل-و-ح (l-w-ḥ), which carries the sense of shining, appearing, or being visible from a distance. A board or tablet held up caught the light and could be seen, which likely links the object to the root's core meaning. The word is native Semitic vocabulary, not a later borrowing.
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