ولا سيما
Arabic
Alternative forms
- لَا سِيَّمَا (lā siyyamā)
- سِيَّمَا (siyyamā) — proscribed
Etymology
Morphologically وَ (wa, “and”) + لَا (lā, “no; there is no”) + سِيّ (siyy) + مَا (mā), roughly meaning "(and) there is no equal to".
Adverb
وَلَا سِيَّمَا • (wa-lā siyyamā)
- especially
- أُحِبُّ قِرَاءَةَ الكُتُبِ وَلَا سِيَّمَا العِلْمِيَّةُ مِنْهَا.
- ʔuḥibbu qirāʔata l-kutubi wa-lā siyyamā al-ʕilmiyyatu minhā.
- I love reading books, especially the scientific ones.
- a. 544 CE, امرؤ القيس, معلقة امرئ القيس:
- أَلَا رُبَّ يَوْمٍ لَكَ مِنْهُنَّ صَالِحٍ
وَلَا سِيَّمَا يَوْمٌ بِدَارَةِ جُلْجُلِ- ʔalā rubba yawmin laka minhunna ṣāliḥin
wa-lā siyyamā yawmun bidārati juljuli - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- ʔalā rubba yawmin laka minhunna ṣāliḥin
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