لِمَ why in Arabic
لِمَ is how you say “why” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
أرى فقهاء هذا العصر طُرًّا أضاعوا العلم واشتغلوا بلِمْ لِمْ
I see all the jurists of this era have neglected knowledge and are busy with 'why, why.'
بِلِمْ with 'why'
'with why' — 'bi' (with) plus 'lima' (why); busied with the word 'why'.
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أرى فقهاء هذا العصر طُرًّا أضاعوا العلم واشتغلوا بلِمْ لِمْ
I see all the jurists of this era have neglected knowledge and are busy with 'why, why.'
لِمْ why
'why' — repeated for effect; the endless 'why, why?' of pointless wrangling.
إذا ناظرتَهم لم تَلْق منهم سوى حَرْفَيْنِ لِمْ لِمْ لا نُسَلِّمْ
When you debate them, you find nothing from them but the two words, 'why, why, we do not concede.'
لِمْ why
'why' — the first of the two: 'why?'.
إذا ناظرتَهم لم تَلْق منهم سوى حَرْفَيْنِ لِمْ لِمْ لا نُسَلِّمْ
When you debate them, you find nothing from them but the two words, 'why, why, we do not concede.'
لِمْ why
'why' — repeated.
قُلْتُ لِمَ؟
I said, 'Why?'
لِمَ why
This is the 'why' question-word, a fused form of the 'for what' preposition-plus-question pairing worn down to a single piece. It asks for the reason behind her words and stands as a complete one-word question. Its compactness is itself a fossil of the preposition that once led it.
فَقَالَتْ لِمَ ذَاكَ
So she said, "Why is that?"
لِمَ why
A 'why' question word, a fusion of the 'for/to' preposition with the 'what' question. It asks the reason behind the baby's reversed wishes -- why the rider shunned, the slave-girl chosen.
قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ لِمَ قَالَتْ إِنَّهُ نَمَّاً ذِكْرَ الْحَدِيثِ
She said, so I said, "Why?" She said, "Indeed he was a slanderer of the mention of the report."
لِمَ why
This is the question word 'why', built from a preposition fused with 'what', asking the reason. As a one-word question it stands alone here, seeking the cause behind what was just said.