cur

1.

لماli-mā (or: li-ma)

interrog. particle l why
  1. Avic. An. vol. II 160, 31: tunc cur modo non sunt sic ut omnes sint comparatae corpori aut corporales

  2. Avic. Qual. 5, 40: Et cur non intrarent omnia flumina in Tartaro

  3. Avic. Qual. 10, 40: cur non revertitur [ sc. salsedo aquae maris ] iterum ad dulcedinem

    Qass. 206, 7: ولم … لا يعود [sc. الماء] البتة مرة أخرى عذبا

  1. 1 et passim Avic. An.
  2. 2 Avic. Qual.
2.

ما بالmā bāl (+ genit.)

conj. phrase bwlwhy is it that
  1. Avic. An. vol. I 246, 72: Cur conceditis quod redditio huius formae cadat in rectitudinem

  2. Avic. An. vol. I 249, 20: Ergo cur ex unoquoque speculo redduntur simulacra multa

    Rahm. 138, 8: فما بال كل واحدة من المرآتين يتأدى عنها أشباح كثيرة

  1. 2 Avic. An.
3.

كيفَkayfa

interrog. particle kyfhow, how is it that
  1. Avic. An. vol. I 226, 57: Deinde cur non videtur aliquid eminus in sua figura et magnitudine

    Rahm. 124, 8: ثم كيف لا يرى الشىء البعيد بشكله وعظمه

  2. Avic. An. vol. I 241, 92: Si autem non debet, tunc cur non videmus, cum avertimur, speculum a quo discessit radius

  1. 2 Avic. An.

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