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لَيّ
twisting /ˈlajj/
nounB2#3413 most common
Also: bending, distortion (of facts or words), arm-twisting
Example sentences
لَيّ الذراع مؤلم.
Arm-twisting is painful.
حاول لَيّ ذراع أخيه أثناء اللعب.
He tried to twist his brother's arm while playing.
لا يجب لَيّ عنق الحقيقة من أجل المصلحة الشخصية.
One must not twist the truth for personal gain.
اتهمته الصحيفة بلَيّ الحقائق في تقريرها.
The newspaper accused him of twisting the facts in its report.
يلجأ بعض المحامين إلى لَيّ النصوص القانونية لخدمة قضاياهم.
Some lawyers resort to twisting legal texts to serve their cases.
أثار لَيّ الوزير لتصريحاته السابقة موجة من الانتقادات في الأوساط السياسية.
The minister's twisting of his earlier statements sparked a wave of criticism in political circles.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَيٌّ | None |
| Genitive | لَيٍّ | None |
| Accusative | لَيًّا | None |
| Vocative | لَيّ | None |
Word family
لوىto twist, bend, sprain
التواءa twist, curve, sprain
ملتوٍtwisted, crooked, tortuous
لاوٍone who twists or turns away
Etymology
لَيّ is the verbal noun of the Arabic verb لوى (yalwī), meaning to twist, bend, or turn something aside. The root ل-و-ي is a native Semitic root with no known Indo-European link. Its core sense covers physical twisting, such as a rope or a limb, and it extended naturally to the figurative twisting of words, facts, or law.
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