From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root لوى. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.
لَوَى عَلَيْهِ He waited for him. (Msb.) ― -b2- مَرَّ لَا يَلْوِى عَلَى أَحَدٍ He went along, not pausing nor waiting for any one. (Msb.) See the Kur-án, iii. 147. ― -b3- لَوَاهُ بِدَيْنِهِ i. q. مَطَلَهُ . (S, Msb, K.) ― -b4- لَوَى He twisted a thing; turned or wreathed it round or about: contorted it: wound it: curled it: curved it: or bent it. (K, &c.) And He, or it, turned him from his course; made him to deviate, or swerve. ― -b5- لَوَى عَلَيْهِ He went round it, or round about it. (Bd, in liii. 20.) ― -b6- لَوَى عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ [He mode his case, or affair, difficult and intricate to him: see اـِلْتَوّى عَلَيْهِ ]. (S, K, art. عوص .) ― -b7- لَوَى خَبَرَهُ , (assumed tropical:) He concealed his information. (T, TA.) And لَوَى أَمْرَهُ عِنِّى (tropical:) He concealed his affair from me. (K, TA.)
أَلْوَى بِالكَلَامِ He distorted, wrested, or wrung, the language. (M, K.) [Hence, perhaps, فُلَانٌ يُلْوِى بِخَصْمِهِ , if the verb be correctly thus: see عُقْمِىَ , last sentence.]
تَلَوَّى ألوى لوى لوي تلو تلوى تلوي It twisted, or coiled, itself: (KL:) it became twisted, or coiled: one says, تَلَوَّتِ الحَيَّةُ . (MA.) ― -b2- تَلَوَّى مِنْ وَجَعِ الضَّرْبِ [He writhed by reason of the pain of beating]. (M, A, K, art. ضور .)
يَتَلاَوَيَانِ said of two serpents [They twist together]: see عَقاَمٌ , last sentence.
اِلْتَوَى , neuter verb, It twisted: wound: bent. (K, &c.) ― -b2- اِلْتَوَى عَلَيْهِ It (an affair) became difficult; or difficult and intricate. (TA.) ― -b3- الْتَوَتْ عَلَىَّ حَاجَتِى My want became difficult of attainment. (TA.) ― -b4- التوى عَلَيْهِ also He acted, or behaved, perversely towards him.
لِوَا=ءٌ A banner, or standard, syn. عَلَمٌ , (M, Mgh, K,) of a commander, (T,) or of an army, less than the رَايَة , being a strip of cloth, twisted, or wound, and tied to a spear-shaft. (Mgh.) See رِفَادَةٌ . Respecting the لِوَا=ء of the Kaabeh, see سَدَنَ and فَادَةٌ .
سَوَّا=ءٌ لَوَّا=ءٌ : see art. سوى .
اللَّوَا occurs in poetry for اللَّوَاتِى . (TA in art. شرف .)
أَلْوَى Very contentious. (K.) See an ex. voce مُسْتَمَرّ .
The roots that most often share a verse with ل و ي. Window: the verse. Measure: the number of distinct verses in which both roots occur (of the 5 this root appears in). Ubiquitous roots are excluded so genuinely connected concepts surface — see the method.
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وَإِنَّمِنْهُمْلَفَرِيقًايَلْوُۥنَأَلْسِنَتَهُمبِٱلْكِتَٰبِلِتَحْسَبُوهُمِنَٱلْكِتَٰبِوَمَاهُوَمِنَٱلْكِتَٰبِوَيَقُولُونَهُوَمِنْعِندِٱللَّهِوَمَاهُوَمِنْعِندِٱللَّهِوَيَقُولُونَعَلَىٱللَّهِٱلْكَذِبَوَهُمْيَعْلَمُونَ
Reference 3:78إِذْتُصْعِدُونَوَلَاتَلْوُۥنَعَلَىٰٓأَحَدٍوَٱلرَّسُولُيَدْعُوكُمْفِىٓأُخْرَىٰكُمْفَأَثَٰبَكُمْغَمًّۢابِغَمٍّلِّكَيْلَاتَحْزَنُوا۟عَلَىٰمَافَاتَكُمْوَلَامَآأَصَٰبَكُمْوَٱللَّهُخَبِيرٌۢبِمَاتَعْمَلُونَ
Reference 3:153مِّنَٱلَّذِينَهَادُوا۟يُحَرِّفُونَٱلْكَلِمَعَنمَّوَاضِعِهِۦوَيَقُولُونَسَمِعْنَاوَعَصَيْنَاوَٱسْمَعْغَيْرَمُسْمَعٍوَرَٰعِنَالَيًّۢابِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْوَطَعْنًافِىٱلدِّينِوَلَوْأَنَّهُمْقَالُوا۟سَمِعْنَاوَأَطَعْنَاوَٱسْمَعْوَٱنظُرْنَالَكَانَخَيْرًالَّهُمْوَأَقْوَمَوَلَٰكِنلَّعَنَهُمُٱللَّهُبِكُفْرِهِمْفَلَايُؤْمِنُونَإِلَّاقَلِيلًا
Reference 4:46يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟كُونُوا۟قَوَّٰمِينَبِٱلْقِسْطِشُهَدَآءَلِلَّهِوَلَوْعَلَىٰٓأَنفُسِكُمْأَوِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِوَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَإِنيَكُنْغَنِيًّاأَوْفَقِيرًافَٱللَّهُأَوْلَىٰبِهِمَافَلَاتَتَّبِعُوا۟ٱلْهَوَىٰٓأَنتَعْدِلُوا۟وَإِنتَلْوُۥٓا۟أَوْتُعْرِضُوا۟فَإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَبِمَاتَعْمَلُونَخَبِيرًا
Reference 4:135وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُمْتَعَالَوْا۟يَسْتَغْفِرْلَكُمْرَسُولُٱللَّهِلَوَّوْا۟رُءُوسَهُمْوَرَأَيْتَهُمْيَصُدُّونَوَهُممُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ
Reference 63:5No published investigation cites this root yet. When one does, it appears here — the evidence links back to the argument.