lam
noun C1- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ل
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Tap for its suffix chain lamstem
ımmy
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
lamstem
larplural
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
lamstem
ıhis/her
ndain/at
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: lamında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
lamstem
ıhis/her
ylawith/by
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: lamıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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