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لَمْ negates with the jussive; لَنْ negates with the subjunctive; لَا الناهية prohibits and governs the jussive.

VerbWith لَمْWith لَنْProhibition
قَالَلَمْ يَقُلْلَنْ يَقُولَلَا تَقُلْ
بَاعَلَمْ يَبِعْلَنْ يَبِيعَلَا تَبِعْ
دَعَالَمْ يَدْعُلَنْ يَدْعُوَلَا تَدْعُ
رَمَىلَمْ يَرْمِلَنْ يَرْمِيَلَا تَرْمِ

Subjunctive/jussive endings in the five verbs involve loss of the inflectional nūn. In some singular weak verbs, the radical itself is deleted. Do not confuse these two mechanisms.

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Jussive, Subjunctive and Prohibitive Particles

Comprehensive Final Revision: Root Classes, Morphological Changes, Conjugations, Nouns and Verb-Form Semantics

لَمْ negates with the jussive; لَنْ negates with the subjunctive; لَا الناهية prohibits and governs the jussive.

VerbWith لَمْWith لَنْProhibition
قَالَلَمْ يَقُلْلَنْ يَقُولَلَا تَقُلْ
بَاعَلَمْ يَبِعْلَنْ يَبِيعَلَا تَبِعْ
دَعَالَمْ يَدْعُلَنْ يَدْعُوَلَا تَدْعُ
رَمَىلَمْ يَرْمِلَنْ يَرْمِيَلَا تَرْمِ

Subjunctive/jussive endings in the five verbs involve loss of the inflectional nūn. In some singular weak verbs, the radical itself is deleted. Do not confuse these two mechanisms.