ليت
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laj.ta/
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Particle
لَيْتَ • (layta)
- if only, I wish, would (would God) that...; expresses an unattainable wish
- لَيْتَكَ كُنْتَ مَعِي أَمْس!
- laytaka kunta maʿī ʾams!
- If only you had been with me yesterday!
- laytaka kunta maʿī ʾams!
- لَيْتَكَ كُنْتَ مَعِي أَمْس!
Usage notes
لَيْتَ (layta) must be followed by a noun or pronoun shifted to the accusative case.
Inflection
Inflected forms | |||||
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Base form | لَيْتَ (layta) | ||||
Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
First person | لَيْتَنِي (laytanī) | لَيْتَنَا (laytanā) | |||
Second person | لَيْتَكَ (laytaka) | لَيْتَكِ (laytaki) | لَيْتَكُمَا (laytakumā) | لَيْتَكُمْ (laytakum) | لَيْتَكُنَّ (laytakunna) |
Third person | لَيْتَهُ (laytahu) | لَيْتَهَا (laytahā) | لَيْتَهُمَا (laytahumā) | لَيْتَهُمْ (laytahum) | لَيْتَهُنَّ (laytahunna) |
Derived terms
- لَيْتَ شِعْرِي (layta šiʕrī)
See also
- (ʾinna and her sisters) إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا (ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā); إِنَّ (ʔinna), أَنَّ (ʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla), لَيْتَ (layta), (Category: Sisters of ʾinna)
- تَمَنَّى (tamannā)
Gulf Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Kuwait" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /leːt/