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لَوْحَة

painting /ˈlaw.ħa/

nounA2#998 most common

Also: board, panel, sign, plaque, license plate

Example sentences

هَذِهِ لَوْحَةٌ جَميلَةٌ.
This is a beautiful painting.
عَلَّقَتْ أُمّي لَوْحَةً عَلى الجِدارِ.
My mother hung a painting on the wall.
زُرْنا المَتْحَفَ وَشاهَدْنا لَوْحاتٍ كَثيرَةً لِفَنّانينَ مَشْهورينَ.
We visited the museum and saw many paintings by famous artists.
تُعتَبَرُ لَوْحَةُ المونا ليزا مِنْ أَشْهَرِ اللَوْحاتِ في العالَمِ.
The Mona Lisa is considered one of the most famous paintings in the world.
لَمْ تَكُنِ اللَوْحَةُ مُجَرَّدَ صورَةٍ، بَلْ عَبَّرَتْ عَنْ مُعاناةِ الفَنّانِ الداخِليَّةِ.
The painting was no mere picture; it expressed the artist's inner suffering.
تَتَجَلّى في هذِهِ اللَوْحَةِ بَراعَةُ الرَّسّامِ في تَوْظيفِ الضَّوْءِ وَالظِّلِّ لِخَلْقِ عُمْقٍ بَصَرِيٍّ آسِرٍ.
In this painting the artist's skill shows in his use of light and shadow to create a captivating visual depth.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeلَوْحَةٌلَوْحَاتٌ
Genitiveلَوْحَةٍلَوْحَاتٍ
Accusativeلَوْحَةًلَوْحَاتٍ
Vocativeيا لَوْحَةُيا لَوْحَاتُ

Word family

لَوْحboard, tablet, plank
أَلْواحboards, tablets (plural of لَوْح)
لَوَّحَto wave, to signal
لائِحةlist, schedule, regulation
تَلْويحwaving, a hint or allusion

Etymology

The word comes from the Semitic root l-w-ḥ, which gives لَوْح (lawḥ), a board, plank, or tablet. Adding the feminine ending ة forms the unit noun لَوْحَة, originally a single flat panel and later the surface for a picture. From the panel the sense extended to the painting on it, and to other flat surfaces such as boards, signs, and plates.

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