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لاَ Verily D/F Don’t Passive Letter Prohibition Present

Front لاَ تُفْعَلاَنِّ
Back Verily they (D/F) must not be done! / Verily don’t [you] be done! (D/F) / Verily don’t [you] be done! (D/M)
Back2 Passive (1st letter excl. لا becomes ضَمَّة and 2nd last letter becomes فَتْحَة) I.e. compared to active version
Back3 لاَ is called the lām of prohibition لاَم اَلنَّهْيand it is one of five particles that cause present tense verbs to enter the state of jazm . It also alters the meaning of the verb from the present tense to a prohibition. For example, ( تَفْعَلُyou are doing) becomes ( لاَ تَفْعَلْdon’t d
Back4 Passive voice conjugations of the emphatic prohibition reflect the person, gender, and plurality of the object of the prohibition.For example, لاَ يُفْعَلُنَّ means, “verily they (e.g., those tasks) must not be done!”
Back5 مَبْنِي stateless – لاَ causes word to become stateless

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