لَوْ
1.
: see مَصْدَرِيَّةٌ.
2.
It is used as an optative particle, لِلتَّمَنِّى. See Qur'an, 2:162; and Jel, ibid. See also كَرَّةٌ.
3.
لَوْ كَانَ هٰذَا لَكَانَ ذَاكَ
Had this been, or if this were, that had been, or would have been.
4.
صَلِّ وَلَوْ عَجَزْتَ عَنِ القِيَامِ means [Pray thou though thou be unable to stand; i. e.] pray thou whether thou be able to stand or unable to do so. (Msb in article ان.)
5.
See also exs. voce أَنَّ, and بَلَّ.
6.
لَوْ often begins a sentence ending with an aposiopesis.
7.
لَوْ meaning أَنْ: see وَدَّ.
8.
لَوْ تُسَوَّى بِهِمُ الأَرْضُ: see بِ as synonym with عَلَى.