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لَيْسَ
is not /ˈlaj.sa/
verbA1#114 most common
Also: are not, am not, to not be
Example sentences
لَيْسَ هَذَا بَيْتِي.
This is not my house.
لَسْتُ مُتْعَبًا اليَوْمَ.
I am not tired today.
البِنْتُ لَيْسَتْ فِي المَدْرَسَةِ.
The girl is not at school.
لَيْسَ لَدَيْنَا حَلِيبٌ فِي الثَّلَّاجَةِ.
We do not have milk in the fridge.
لَيْسَ مِنَ السَّهْلِ أَنْ تَتَعَلَّمَ لُغَةً جَدِيدَةً.
It is not easy to learn a new language.
لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَا يَلْمَعُ ذَهَبًا.
Not everything that glitters is gold.
Conjugation
| Present Active | |
|---|---|
| 1sg | لَسْتُ |
| 2sg | لَسْتَ |
| 3sg | لَيْسَ |
| 1pl | لَسْنَا |
| 2pl | لَسْتُمْ |
| 3pl | لَيْسُوا |
Word family
لَيْسَتْshe is not
لَسْتُI am not
لَسْنَاwe are not
لَيْسُواthey (m) are not
Etymology
Arab grammarians trace laysa to the phrase lā ʾaysa, 'there is not,' where ʾays meant existence. Over time the two words fused into a single frozen verb. Its form is that of a past-tense verb, but its meaning is present: it negates what is, not what was.
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