لأن

Morphologically لِـ (li-, “for”) +‎ أَنَّ (ʔanna, “that”)

• IPA^(key): /li.ʔan.na/

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لِأَنَّ • (liʔanna)

1. because, on the grounds that, for

Compound of لِـ (li-, “for”) +‎ أَنْ (ʔan, “that”) with the same grammatical rules as أَنْ (ʔan, “to, that”).

• IPA^(key): /li.ʔan/

لِأَنْ • (liʔan)

1. that, for that, so that, in order that, in order to (used with the subjunctive)

• لِـ (li-)

• لِئَلَّا (liʔallā)

• (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)}

• لإنّـ (laʔinn-)

Learned borrowing from Arabic لِأَنَّ (liʔanna).

See لأنّه (liʔanno).

لأنّـ • (liʔann-)

1. because (followed by a suffix pronoun)

   Invariable form: لأنّه (liʔanno)

   Synonym: عشان (ʕašān)

• This preposition can be either used in the invariable form لأنّه (liʔanno) or with an attached suffix pronoun.
• The suffix pronoun agrees with the subject of the subordinate clause.

• طالما (ṭāla-ma, “since, as”), بما إنّه (bi-ma ʔinno, “since, as”)