"ليت" meaning in Arabic

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Particle

IPA: /laj.ta/, /let/ [Gulf-Arabic]
Head templates: {{ar-particle|لَيْتَ}} لَيْتَ • (layta) Forms: لَيْتَ [canonical], layta [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], لَيْتَ [stem], لَيْتَنِي [feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], لَيْتَنَا [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], لَيْتَكَ [masculine, second-person, singular], لَيْتَكِ [feminine, second-person, singular], لَيْتَكُمَا [common-gender, dual, second-person], لَيْتَكُمْ [masculine, plural, second-person], لَيْتَكُنَّ [feminine, plural, second-person], لَيْتَهُ [masculine, singular, third-person], لَيْتَهَا [feminine, singular, third-person], لَيْتَهُمَا [common-gender, dual, third-person], لَيْتَهُمْ [masculine, plural, third-person], لَيْتَهُنَّ [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. if only, I wish, would (would God) that...; expresses an unattainable wish Derived forms: لَيْتَ شِعْرِي (layta šiʕrī) Related terms: إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا (ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā), إِنَّ (ʔinna), أَنَّ (ʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla), لَيْتَ (layta), تَمَنَّى (tamannā)
    Sense id: en-ليت-ar-particle-YHd6ICK2 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic particles

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    {
      "form": "لَيْتَ",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "layta",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-prep-auto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَ",
      "roman": "layta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَنِي",
      "roman": "laytanī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَنَا",
      "roman": "laytanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَكَ",
      "roman": "laytaka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَكِ",
      "roman": "laytaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَكُمَا",
      "roman": "laytakumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dual",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَكُمْ",
      "roman": "laytakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "laytakunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَهُ",
      "roman": "laytahu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَهَا",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَهُمَا",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَهُمْ",
      "roman": "laytahum",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "لَيْتَهُنَّ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "particle",
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "layta šiʕrī",
          "word": "لَيْتَ شِعْرِي"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If only you had been with me yesterday!",
          "roman": "laytaka kunta maʕī ʔams!",
          "text": "لَيْتَكَ كُنْتَ مَعِي أَمْس!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "if only, I wish, would (would God) that...; expresses an unattainable wish"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "I wish",
          "I wish"
        ],
        [
          "would",
          "would"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā",
          "word": "إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔinna",
          "word": "إِنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔanna",
          "word": "أَنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lākinna",
          "word": "لٰكِنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kaʔanna",
          "word": "كَأَنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "laʕalla",
          "word": "لَعَلَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "layta",
          "word": "لَيْتَ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tamannā",
          "word": "تَمَنَّى"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/laj.ta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/let/",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ليت"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "layta šiʕrī",
      "word": "لَيْتَ شِعْرِي"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "layta",
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        "romanization"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ar-prep-auto",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "لَيْتَ",
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَنِي",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَنَا",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَكَ",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَكِ",
      "roman": "laytaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَكُمَا",
      "roman": "laytakumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dual",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَكُمْ",
      "roman": "laytakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "laytakunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَهُ",
      "roman": "laytahu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَهَا",
      "roman": "laytahā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَهُمَا",
      "roman": "laytahumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dual",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَهُمْ",
      "roman": "laytahum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْتَهُنَّ",
      "roman": "laytahunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لَيْتَ"
      },
      "expansion": "لَيْتَ • (layta)",
      "name": "ar-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā",
      "word": "إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔinna",
      "word": "إِنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔanna",
      "word": "أَنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lākinna",
      "word": "لٰكِنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaʔanna",
      "word": "كَأَنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laʕalla",
      "word": "لَعَلَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "layta",
      "word": "لَيْتَ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tamannā",
      "word": "تَمَنَّى"
    }
  ],
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        "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Arabic lemmas",
        "Arabic particles",
        "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Arabic terms with usage examples",
        "Gulf Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If only you had been with me yesterday!",
          "roman": "laytaka kunta maʕī ʔams!",
          "text": "لَيْتَكَ كُنْتَ مَعِي أَمْس!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "if only, I wish, would (would God) that...; expresses an unattainable wish"
      ],
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        [
          "if only",
          "if only"
        ],
        [
          "I wish",
          "I wish"
        ],
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          "would",
          "would"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laj.ta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/let/",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ليت"
}

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