Alviri-Vidari

Noun

لو ‎(transliteration needed)

1. lip

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew לוּ ‎(lū).

Conjunction

لَوْ • ‎(law)

1. if (contrary to fact)

   لَوْ أَحْبَبْتَنِي‎ ― law ʾaḥbabta-nī ― if you loved me

   لَوْ تُحْبِبْنِي‎ ― law tuḥbib-nī ― if you loved me

   لَوْ كُنْتَ أَحْبَبْتَنِي‎ ― law kunta ʾaḥbabta-nī ― if you had loved me

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 ‎(ʾin) or إِذَا ‎(ʾiḏā).
• Used with the past tense or the jussive, in both cases with a present-tense meaning (although normally translated in English with a past tense).

Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /low/

Noun

لو • ‎(low)

1. (dialectal, Dashtestan) lip