"لأن" meaning in Arabic

See لأن in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /li.ʔan.na/
Etymology: Morphologically لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنَّ (ʔanna, “that”) Etymology templates: {{compound|ar|لِـ|أَنَّ|t1=for|t2=that}} لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنَّ (ʔanna, “that”) Head templates: {{ar-con|لِأَنَّ}} لِأَنَّ • (liʔanna) Forms: لِأَنَّ [canonical], liʔanna [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], لِأَنَّ [error-unrecognized-form], لِأَنَّنِي [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], لِأَنَّنَا [dual, feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], لِأَنَّنَا [dual, first-person, plural], لِأَنَّكَ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, second-person, singular], لِأَنَّكِ [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, second-person, singular], لِأَنَّكُمَا [dual, error-unrecognized-form, second-person], لِأَنَّكُمْ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural, second-person], لِأَنَّكُنَّ [feminine, plural, second-person], لِأَنَّهُ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, singular, third-person], لِأَنَّهَا [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular, third-person], لِأَنَّهُمَا [dual, error-unrecognized-form, third-person], لِأَنَّهُمْ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural, third-person], لِأَنَّهُنَّ [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. because, on the grounds that, for
    Sense id: en-لأن-ar-conj-hwvet~N5 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sisters of ʾinna Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Sisters of ʾinna: 71 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /li.ʔan/ Forms: لِأَنْ [canonical], liʔan [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنْ (ʔan, “that”) with the same grammatical rules as أَنْ (ʔan, “to, that”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ar|لِـ|أَنْ|t1=for|t2=that}} لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنْ (ʔan, “that”) Head templates: {{ar-con|لِأَنْ}} لِأَنْ • (liʔan)
  1. that, for that, so that, in order that, in order to (used with the subjunctive) Synonyms: لِـ (li-) Related terms: إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا (ʔinna wa-ʔaḵawātuhā), إِنَّ (ʔinna), أَنَّ (ʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna), لِأَنَّ (liʔanna), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla), لَيْتَ (layta)
    Sense id: en-لأن-ar-conj-~zFZLDpV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "لِـ",
        "3": "أَنَّ",
        "t1": "for",
        "t2": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنَّ (ʔanna, “that”)",
      "name": "compound"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Morphologically لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنَّ (ʔanna, “that”)",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "لِأَنَّ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "liʔanna",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-prep-auto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّ",
      "roman": "liʔanna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّنِي",
      "roman": "liʔannanī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّنَا",
      "roman": "liʔannanā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّنَا",
      "roman": "liʔannanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّكَ",
      "roman": "liʔannaka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّكِ",
      "roman": "liʔannaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّكُمَا",
      "roman": "liʔannakumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّكُمْ",
      "roman": "liʔannakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّكُنَّ",
      "roman": "liʔannakunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّهُ",
      "roman": "liʔannahu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّهَا",
      "roman": "liʔannahā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّهُمْ",
      "roman": "liʔannahum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّهُنَّ",
      "roman": "liʔannahunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "لِأَنَّ"
      },
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      "name": "ar-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
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          "name": "Sisters of ʾinna",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "because, on the grounds that, for"
      ],
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          "because",
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          "for",
          "for"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/li.ʔan.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لأن"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "liʔallā",
      "word": "لِئَلَّا"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "لِأَنْ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liʔan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "لِأَنْ"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "conj",
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        "that, for that, so that, in order that, in order to (used with the subjunctive)"
      ],
      "id": "en-لأن-ar-conj-~zFZLDpV",
      "links": [
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "for that",
          "for that"
        ],
        [
          "so that",
          "so that"
        ],
        [
          "in order that",
          "in order that"
        ],
        [
          "in order to",
          "in order to"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "ʔinna wa-ʔaḵawātuhā",
          "word": "إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔinna",
          "word": "إِنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔanna",
          "word": "أَنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lākinna",
          "word": "لٰكِنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kaʔanna",
          "word": "كَأَنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "liʔanna",
          "word": "لِأَنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "laʕalla",
          "word": "لَعَلَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "layta",
          "word": "لَيْتَ"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "li-",
          "word": "لِـ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/li.ʔan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لأن"
}

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    "Arabic 3-syllable words",
    "Arabic compound terms",
    "Arabic conjunctions",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sisters of ʾinna"
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  "etymology_number": 1,
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        "t1": "for",
        "t2": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنَّ (ʔanna, “that”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Morphologically لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنَّ (ʔanna, “that”)",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "لِأَنَّ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "liʔanna",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-prep-auto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّ",
      "roman": "liʔanna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّنِي",
      "roman": "liʔannanī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّنَا",
      "roman": "liʔannanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّنَا",
      "roman": "liʔannanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّكَ",
      "roman": "liʔannaka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّكِ",
      "roman": "liʔannaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّكُمَا",
      "roman": "liʔannakumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّكُمْ",
      "roman": "liʔannakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّكُنَّ",
      "roman": "liʔannakunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّهُ",
      "roman": "liʔannahu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّهَا",
      "roman": "liʔannahā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّهُمَا",
      "roman": "liʔannahumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّهُمْ",
      "roman": "liʔannahum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لِأَنَّهُنَّ",
      "roman": "liʔannahunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لِأَنَّ"
      },
      "expansion": "لِأَنَّ • (liʔanna)",
      "name": "ar-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "because, on the grounds that, for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "because",
          "because"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/li.ʔan.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لأن"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "liʔallā",
      "word": "لِئَلَّا"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Arabic 2-syllable words",
    "Arabic compound terms",
    "Arabic conjunctions",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sisters of ʾinna"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "لِـ",
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        "t1": "for",
        "t2": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنْ (ʔan, “that”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of لِـ (li-, “for”) + أَنْ (ʔan, “that”) with the same grammatical rules as أَنْ (ʔan, “to, that”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "لِأَنْ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liʔan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لِأَنْ"
      },
      "expansion": "لِأَنْ • (liʔan)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "ʔinna wa-ʔaḵawātuhā",
      "word": "إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔinna",
      "word": "إِنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔanna",
      "word": "أَنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lākinna",
      "word": "لٰكِنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaʔanna",
      "word": "كَأَنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liʔanna",
      "word": "لِأَنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laʕalla",
      "word": "لَعَلَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "layta",
      "word": "لَيْتَ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that, for that, so that, in order that, in order to (used with the subjunctive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "for that",
          "for that"
        ],
        [
          "so that",
          "so that"
        ],
        [
          "in order that",
          "in order that"
        ],
        [
          "in order to",
          "in order to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/li.ʔan/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "li-",
      "word": "لِـ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لأن"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: لأن/Arabic 'base form' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "conjunction",
  "title": "لأن",
  "trace": ""
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.