لولَوْ: see مَصْدَرِيَّةٌ. b2:  It is used as an optative particle, لِلتَّمَنِّى. See Kur, ii. 162; and Jel, ibid. See also كَرَّةٌ. b3:  لَوْ كَانَ هٰذَا لَكَانَ ذَاكَ Had this been, or if this were, that had been, or would have been. b4:  صَلِّ وَلَوْ عَجَزْتَ عَنِ القِيَامِ means[Pray thou though thou be unable to stand; i. e.] pray thou whether thou be able to stand or unable to do so. (Msb in art. ان.) b5:  See also exs. voce أَنَّ, and بَلَّ. b6:  لَوْ often begins a sentence ending with an aposiopesis. b7:  لَوْ meaning أَنْ: see وَدَّ. b8:  لَوْ تُسَوَّى بِهِمُ الأَرْضُ: see بِ as syn. with عَلَى.لَوٌّ The word لَوْ: see a prov. cited voce ذَنَبٌ (near the end of the paragraph). And see سَوْفَ.لَوْ أَنَّ [If]. Ex. لَوْ أَنَّكَ قَائِمٌ لَقُمْتُ [Hadst thou been standing, I had stood]. (K, art. ان.) See Kur, xxxix. 58; &c.لَوْلَا and لَوْمَا: see حَضَّهُ. b2:  لَوْلَا فَعَلْتُ كَذَا means Wherefore didst not thou such a thing? and لَوْلَا تَفْعَلُ كَذَا means Wherefore wilt not thou do such a thing? and in like manner, لَوْمَا and ألَّا and هَلَّا. See an ex. in the Kur, x. 98, explained in art. إِلَّا. b3:  لَوْلَا هٰذَا لَكَانَ ذَاكَ Had  not this been, or but for this, that had been, or would have been. b4:  لَوْلَا is followed by a noun in the nom. case (as in the Kur, viii. 69), or by a verb, as in exs. above.لَاتَ: see أَلَتَ.