لعل

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ʕal.la/

Particle

لَعَلَّ • (laʕalla)

1. hopefully
2. in order, so that
   • 7th century CE, The Quran‎^[1]:

     ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاكُم مِن بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

     ṯumma baʕaṯnākum min baʕdi mawtikum laʕallakum taškurūna

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

3. perhaps, maybe

Usage notes

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

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					لَعَلَّ (laʕalla)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	لَعَلِّي (laʕallī)		لَعَلَّنَا (laʕallanā)
Second person	لَعَلَّكَ (laʕallaka)	لَعَلَّكِ (laʕallaki)	لَعَلَّكُمَا (laʕallakumā)	لَعَلَّكُمْ (laʕallakum)	لَعَلَّكُنَّ (laʕallakunna)
Third person	لَعَلَّهُ (laʕallahu)	لَعَلَّهَا (laʕallahā)	لَعَلَّهُمَا (laʕallahumā)	لَعَلَّهُمْ (laʕallahum)	لَعَلَّهُنَّ (laʕallahunna)

Alternative forms

• عَلَّ (ʕalla), لَعَاءَ (laʕāʔa)

See also

• (ʾinna and her sisters) إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا (ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā); إِنَّ (ʔinna), أَنَّ (ʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna), لِأَنَّ (liʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla), لَيْتَ (layta), ^{(Category: Sisters of ʾinna)}

Etymology 2

From Persian لال (lâl)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʕl/

Noun

لَعْل • (laʕl) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun لَعْل (laʕl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَعْل laʕl	اللَّعْل al-laʕl	لَعْل laʕl
Nominative	لَعْلٌ laʕlun	اللَّعْلُ al-laʕlu	لَعْلُ laʕlu
Accusative	لَعْلًا laʕlan	اللَّعْلَ al-laʕla	لَعْلَ laʕla
Genitive	لَعْلٍ laʕlin	اللَّعْلِ al-laʕli	لَعْلِ laʕli

Derived terms

• لَعْلِيّ (laʕliyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ləl
• → Persian: لعل (la'l)
• → Kazakh: лағыл (lağyl)
• → Kyrgyz: лаал (laal)
• → Tajik: лаъл (laʾl)
• → Uzbek: laʼl

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [laʔl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [läʔl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [läʔl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læʔl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [läʔl]

Readings
Classical reading?	la'l
Dari reading?	la'l
Iranian reading?	la'l
Tajik reading?	laʾl

Noun

لعل • (la'l)

1. red gemstone; ruby, spinel, garnet

   Synonym: یاقوت (yâqut)

2. (poetic, figurative) the beautiful lips of the beloved
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 131:

     خامه مژگان سلیمی ساز پر شنگرف اشک
     زان که وصف لعل آن شیرین دهن خواهم نوشت

     xāma-yi mužagān-i salīmī sāz pur-i šangarf-i ašk
     z-ān ki wasf-i la'l-i ān šīrīn dahan xwāham niwišt

     Make the brush of Selim's eyelashes full of the red ink of tears [red from eyes bloodshot due to weeping]
     For I will write descriptions of the ruby [metaphor: lips as red as rubies] of her sweet mouth.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

3. (poetic, figurative) red wine

Derived terms

• لعلی (la'li, “ruby-red”)