لعل
Arabic
Etymology 1
Univerbation of لَـ (la-, “truly, indeed, verily”) and عَلَّ (ʕalla).
Pronunciation
Particle
لَعَلَّ • (laʕalla)
- hopefully
- perhaps, maybe
- in order, so that
- 7th century CE, The Quran[1]:
- ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاكُم مِن بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
- ṯumma baʕaṯnākum min baʕdi mawtikum laʕallakum taškurūna
- But We raised you again after you had been as dead, so that you might have cause to be grateful.
Usage notes
- لَعَلَّ (laʕalla) functions like إِنَّ (ʔinna) and أَنَّ (ʔanna), shifting the subject of the clause to the accusative case. The subject of the clause must immediately follow لَعَلَّ (laʕalla); if it is a pronoun, it must be expressed.
- Unlike the more common لِ (li), لِكَي (likay), and حَتَّى (ḥattā), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla) places its subordinate verb in the indicative mood, even when used to mean "in order," "so that."
Inflection
Inflected forms | |||||
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Base form | لَعَلَّ (laʕalla) | ||||
Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
First person | لَعَلِّي (laʕallī) | لَعَلَّنَا (laʕallanā) | |||
Second person | لَعَلَّكَ (laʕallaka) | لَعَلَّكِ (laʕallaki) | لَعَلَّكُمَا (laʕallakumā) | لَعَلَّكُمْ (laʕallakum) | لَعَلَّكُنَّ (laʕallakunna) |
Third person | لَعَلَّهُ (laʕallahu) | لَعَلَّهَا (laʕallahā) | لَعَلَّهُمَا (laʕallahumā) | لَعَلَّهُمْ (laʕallahum) | لَعَلَّهُنَّ (laʕallahunna) |
See also
- (ʾinna and her sisters) إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا (ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā); إِنَّ (ʔinna), أَنَّ (ʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna), لِأَنَّ (liʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla), لَيْتَ (layta), (Category: Sisters of ʾinna)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
لَعْل • (laʕl) m
Declension
Declension of noun لَعْل (laʕl)
Derived terms
- لَعْلِيّ (laʕliyy)
Descendants
- → Persian: لعل (la'l)
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لَعْل (laʕl), from Persian لال (lâl).
Noun
لعل • (la'l)
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