كرمال

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North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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Visibly a univerbation of Arabic كُرْمًا لِ، كُرْمَى لِ (kurman li, kurmā li, as an act of generosity toward), attested in that meaning along with كُرْمَةً لِ (kurmatan li) in lexicons compiled as early as the 10th century. Compare عقبال.

Pronunciation

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(Lebanon) IPA(key): /kɪɾ.meːl/

Preposition

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كرمال (kirmāl)

  1. for; for the sake of
    أنا بعِيش بس كرمال ولادي.
    ʾana bʿīš bas kirmāl wlādi.
    Me, I live only for my children.

Conjunction

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كرمال (kirmāl)

  1. (Lebanon) to, in order to
    راحت معي عالمحل كرمال تشتري بندورة
    rāḥit maʿi ʿal-maḥall kirmāl tištiri banadūra
    She went to the store with me to buy tomatoes.
    (literally, “She went with me to the store for that she buy tomatoes”)

Usage notes

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  • As Arabics have no infinitive verb forms, instead using the subjunctive, a more-accurate translation might be for, in order for. The word is therefore equivalent to English’s usually-invisible for as in for to.
  • Sometimes reinforced with synonyms, as in كِرمَال تَ (kirmāl ta).

Synonyms

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