ل ع ل
Nouns and adjectives
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry-
لَعَلَّ May-be; perhaps
[May-be; perhaps]; a word denoting hope and fear. (K.) It governs the subject in the accus. case, and the predicate in the nom. See Ibn-'Akeel, ed. of Dieterici, p. 90; and see لَيْتَ. ― -b2- 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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