لا (أداة نفي)

لا (أداة نفي)‏ \ neither: (with nor) not: He neither ate nor drank. Neither he nor I was able to lift it. no: (the opposite of yes) an expression of disagreement or refusal: No, I won’t do it. not: (often shortened in speech to n’t with the verbs be, can, dare, do, have, may, must, need, ought) a word that gives an opposite meaning to any word or sentence: He did not or didn’t come. It’s not true. It’s blue, not green, it may be true, but I hope not. \ لا \ only: simply; just: He only does it to annoy me (he has no other reason for doing it). \ See Also ليس إلاّ \ لا أبدًا \ by no means: not at all; certainly not: He’s by no means so clever as he thinks. \ لا... أبدًا \ not nearly: far from; certainly not: This money is not nearly enough.