Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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لَعَلَّ

لَعَلَّ [May-be; perhaps]; a word denoting hope and fear. (Ḳ.) It governs the subject in the accus. case, and the predicate in the nom. See Ibn-ʼAḳeel, ed. of Dieterici, p. 90; and see لَيْتَ.

Root: لعل - Entry: لَعَلَّ Signification: A2

لَعَلَّ, in its original and general acceptation, expresses hope; but in the word of God it [often] expresses certainty, and may be rendered Verily. (Jel, ii. 19.)


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