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  1. Arabic (Modern Standard)
  2. /Fused interrogatives (لِمَ، بِمَ، عَمَّ)
  3. /لم

لم

لمlima
why (interrogative)
From Lesson 405:Fused interrogatives (لِمَ، بِمَ، عَمَّ)·Arabic (Modern Standard)

Usages of لم

لم لم ترفض هذا التناقض؟lima lam tarfud hâdhâ at-tanâqud?
Why did you not reject this contradiction?
لم نناقش نفس المعضلة منذ الصباح؟lima nunâqishu nafsa al-mu'dilati mundhu aṣ-ṣabâḥ؟
Why have we been discussing the same dilemma since the morning?

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