# لو
## Alviri-Vidari
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lev/

### Noun

لو (transliteration needed)
* lip

## Arabic
### Etymology

Compare Hebrew לוּ (lū).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /law/

### Conjunction

لَوْ • (law)
* if (contrary to fact)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:22:لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَا آلِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللّٰهُ لَفَسَدَتَاlaw kāna fīhimā ʔālihatun ʔillā llāhu la-fasadatāHad there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:100:أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِن بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَا أَن لَّوْ نَشَاءُ أَصَبْنَاهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَʔawalam yahdi li-llaḏīna yariṯūna l-ʔarḍa min baʕdi ʔahlihā ʔan llaw našāʔu ʔaṣabnāhum bi-ḏunūbihim wa-naṭbaʕu ʕalā qulūbihim fahum lā yasmaʕūnaHas it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its [previous] people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.
* that (often used with the verb وَدَّ (wadda))
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 70:11:يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِyawaddu l-mujrimu law yaftadī min ʕaḏābi yawmiʔiḏin bi-banīhiThe criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 15:2:رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَrubamā yawaddu allaḏīna kafarū law kānū muslimīnaPerhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.
* if only
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:167:وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّؤُوا مِنَّاwa-qāla llaḏīna ttabaʕū law ʔanna lanā karratan fa-natabarraʔa minhum kamā tabarraʔū minnāThose who followed will say, "If only we had another turn [at worldly life] so we could disassociate ourselves from them as they have disassociated themselves from us."

#### Usage notes

* Normally used for conditions that are contrary-to-fact (unlikely to be fulfilled or incapable of being fulfilled). For possible (not contrary-to-fact) conditions, use إِنْ (ʔin).
* Used with the past tense or the present tense, in both cases with a present-tense meaning (although normally translated in English with a past tense).

#### Antonyms

* لَوْلَا (lawlā)

#### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: لو (law)
* South Levantine Arabic: لو (law)

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic لَوْ (law).

### Conjunction

لو • (law)
* if
    هو لو كان هنا كان قتلكhuwwa law kān hina kān ʔatalakIf he were here, he would've killed you.

#### Derived terms

* لولا (lawla)
* ولو (walaw)

#### See also

* إذا (ʔiza, “if”), إن (ʔin, “if”)

## Khalaj
### Noun

لُو (lov) (definite accusative لُووُ, plural لُولار)
* Arabic spelling of lov (“lip”)

#### Declension
## Persian
### Etymology

Northwestern Iranian variant of لب (lab, “lip”), see it.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [law]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [läw]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [läw]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [läw]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [läw]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [low], [luː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [läw]

### Noun

لو • (low)
* (dialectal, Dashtestan) lip
    Synonyms: لب (lab), لنج (lonj), لفچ (lafč), لفج (lafj)
* hill
* gall
* a kind of sweet
* grotto, hollowed-out retreat fit for cattle

### References

* Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 119 Nr. 348
* Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “لو”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1101a
* Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎ (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 751a

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic لَو (law).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /law/, [law]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Conjunction

لو • (law)
* if (hypothetical condition)
    Synonym: لونّـ (lawenn-)
* polite request (Could you ...?)

#### Derived terms

* لولا (lawla, lōla, “if not (hypothetical)”)

#### See also

* إذا (ʔiza, “if”), إن (ʔin, “if”), إنكنّـ (ʔin-kann-, “if”)
* ياريت (yārēt, “if only (wish, hope)”)

## Southwestern Fars
### Noun

لو (low)
* (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) lip