لعل

لعل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Univerbation of لَـ‎ (la-, “truly, indeed, verily”) and عَلَّ‎ (ʿalla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ʕal.la/

Particle

لَعَلَّ • (laʿalla)

1. hopefully
2. perhaps, maybe
3. in order, so that
   • 7th century CE, 'The Quran'‎:

     ‏ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاكُم مِن بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ‎

     ṯumma baʿaṯnākum min baʿdi mawtikum laʿallakum taškurūna

     But We raised you again after you had been as dead, so that you might have cause to be grateful.

Usage notes

• لَعَلَّ‎ (laʿalla) functions like إِنَّ‎ (ʾinna) and أَنَّ‎ (ʾanna), shifting the subject of the clause to the accusative case. The subject of the clause must immediately follow لَعَلَّ‎ (laʿalla); if it is a pronoun, it must be expressed.
• Unlike the more common لِ‎ (li), لِكَي‎ (likay), and حَتَّى‎ (ḥattā), لَعَلَّ‎ (laʿalla) places its subordinate verb in the indicative mood, even when used to mean "in order," "so that."

Inflection

    Inflected forms

Base form					لَعَلَّ (laʿalla)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	لَعَلِّي‎ (laʿallī)			لَعَلَّنَا‎ (laʿallanā)
Second person	لَعَلَّكَ‎ (laʿallaka)	لَعَلَّكِ‎ (laʿallaki)	لَعَلَّكُمَا‎ (laʿallakumā)	لَعَلَّكُمْ‎ (laʿallakum)	لَعَلَّكُنَّ‎ (laʿallakunna)
Third person	لَعَلَّهُ‎ (laʿallahu)	لَعَلَّهَا‎ (laʿallahā)	لَعَلَّهُمَا‎ (laʿallahumā)	لَعَلَّهُمْ‎ (laʿallahum)	لَعَلَّهُنَّ‎ (laʿallahunna)

See also

• (ʾinna and her sisters) إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا‎ (ʾinna waʾaḵawātuhā); إِنَّ‎ (ʾinna), أَنَّ‎ (ʾanna), لٰكِنَّ‎ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ‎ (kaʾanna), لَعَلَّ (laʿalla), لَيْتَ‎ (layta), ^{(Category: ar:sisters of ʾinna)}

Etymology 2

From Persian لال‎ (lâl)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʕl/

Noun

لَعْل • (laʿl) m

1. a red gemstone, cornelian, garnet, spinel, tourmaline

Declension

Declension of noun لَعْل (laʿl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَعْل laʿl	اللَّعْل‎ al-laʿl	لَعْل laʿl
Nominative	لَعْلٌ laʿlun	اللَّعْلُ‎ al-laʿlu	لَعْلُ laʿlu
Accusative	لَعْلًا‎ laʿlan	اللَّعْلَ‎ al-laʿla	لَعْلَ laʿla
Genitive	لَعْلٍ laʿlin	اللَّعْلِ‎ al-laʿli	لَعْلِ laʿli

Derived terms

• لَعْلِيّ‎ (laʿliyy)

Descendants

• → Persian: لعل‎ (la'l)

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَعْل‎ (laʿl), from Persian لال‎ (lâl).

Noun

لعل • (la'l)

1. a red gemstone, cornelian, garnet, spinel, tourmaline