Al-muqaddimah Al-ajurrumiyyah [on the Science of Arabic Grammar]

The Chapter on "لا"

Know that "لا" declines Asmā’ Nakirāt (indefinite nouns) according to Naṣb without a Tanwin when it is directly connected to the Ism Nakirah and "لا" is not repeated, like:

لارجلَ في الدار           (There is absolutely noman in the house)

If it is not directly connected to it (i.e. the Ism Nakirah), then Raf‘ becomes incumbent as well as the repetition of  "لا", like:

لا في الدار رجلٌ ولا امرأةٌ           (There is no man and no woman in the house)

If it (i.e. "لا") is repeated it is permissible for it to be an ‘Āmil (such that it performs the function of "إنّ") or Mulghāh (i.e. such that it loses that function thus becoming null and void).

Therefore, if you wish, you can say[^82] :

لارجلَ في الدار ولاامرأةَ            (There is absolutely noman in the house and nowoman )

and if you wish, you can say: