لأن
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Morphologically لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنَّ (ʔanna, “that”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
لِأَنَّ • (liʔanna)
Inflection[edit]
Inflected forms | |||||
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Base form | لِأَنَّ (liʔanna) | ||||
Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
First person | لِأَنَّنِي (liʔannanī) | لِأَنَّنَا (liʔannanā) | |||
Second person | لِأَنَّكَ (liʔannaka) | لِأَنَّكِ (liʔannaki) | لِأَنَّكُمَا (liʔannakumā) | لِأَنَّكُمْ (liʔannakum) | لِأَنَّكُنَّ (liʔannakunna) |
Third person | لِأَنَّهُ (liʔannahu) | لِأَنَّهَا (liʔannahā) | لِأَنَّهُمَا (liʔannahumā) | لِأَنَّهُمْ (liʔannahum) | لِأَنَّهُنَّ (liʔannahunna) |
Etymology 2[edit]
Compound of لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنْ (ʔan, “that”) with the same grammatical rules as أَنْ (ʔan, “to, that”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
لِأَنْ • (liʔan)
- that, for that, so that, in order that, in order to (used with the subjunctive)
Synonyms[edit]
- لِـ (li-)
Antonyms[edit]
- لِئَلَّا (liʔallā)
See also[edit]
- (ʾinna and her sisters) إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا (ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā); إِنَّ (ʔinna), أَنَّ (ʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla), لَيْتَ (layta), (Category: Sisters of ʾinna)
South Levantine Arabic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- لإنّـ (laʔinn-)
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Arabic لِأَنَّ (liʔanna).
Pronunciation[edit]
See لأنّه (liʔanno).
Conjunction[edit]
لأنّـ • (liʔann-)
Usage notes[edit]
- This preposition can be either used in the invariable form لأنّه (liʔanno) or with an attached suffix pronoun.
- The suffix pronoun agrees with the subject of the subordinate clause.
Inflection[edit]
Inflected forms of لأن | |||||
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Base form | لأنّـ (liʔann-) | ||||
Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
m | f | ||||
1st person | لأنّي (liʔanni) | لأنّا (liʔanna) | |||
2nd person | لأنّك (liʔannak) | لأنّك (liʔannek) | لأنكم (liʔankom) | ||
3rd person | لأنّه (liʔanno) | لأنها (liʔanha) | لأنهم (liʔanhom) |
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Arabic compound terms
- Arabic 3-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Arabic terms with audio links
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic conjunctions
- Arabic 2-syllable words
- Sisters of ʾinna
- South Levantine Arabic terms borrowed from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic learned borrowings from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic lemmas
- South Levantine Arabic conjunctions
- South Levantine Arabic terms prefixed with ل