ليت

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Arabic

Pronunciation

Particle

لَيْتَ • (layta)

  1. if only, I wish, would (would God) that...; expresses an unattainable wish
    لَيْتَكَ كُنْتَ مَعِي أَمْس!
    laytaka kunta maʕī ʔams!
    If only you had been with me yesterday!
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:27-28:
      وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا ۝ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا ۝
      wayawma yaʕaḍḍu l-ẓālimu ʕalā yadayhi yaqūlu yālaytanī ittaḵaḏtu maʕa l-rasūli sabīlan. yāwaylatā laytanī lam attaḵiḏ fulānan ḵalīlan.
      And (beware of) the Day the wrongdoer will bite his nails (in regret) and say, “Oh! I wish I had followed the way along with the Messenger! Woe to me! I wish I had never taken that one as a friend.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:25-27:
      وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ ۝ وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ ۝ يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ ۝
      waʔammā man ʔūtiya kitābahu bišimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ʔūta kitābiyah. ʔadri mā ḥisābiyah. yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiya.
      And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry (bitterly), “Oh! I wish I had not been given my record, nor known anything of my reckoning! Oh! I wish it (death) was the end!
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:40:
      إِنَّا أَنْذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَٰبًا
      Indeed, We have warned you of an imminent punishment—the Day every person will see ˹the consequences of˺ what their hands have done, and the disbelievers will cry, “I wish I were dust.”
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Usage notes

لَيْتَ (layta) must be followed by a noun or pronoun shifted to the accusative case.

Inflection

    Inflected forms
Base form لَيْتَ (layta)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms 		Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person لَيْتَنِي (laytanī) لَيْتَنَا (laytanā)
Second person لَيْتَكَ (laytaka) لَيْتَكِ (laytaki) لَيْتَكُمَا (laytakumā) لَيْتَكُمْ (laytakum) لَيْتَكُنَّ (laytakunna)
Third person لَيْتَهُ (laytahu) لَيْتَهَا (laytahā) لَيْتَهُمَا (laytahumā) لَيْتَهُمْ (laytahum) لَيْتَهُنَّ (laytahunna)

Derived terms

See also

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From English light.

Pronunciation

Noun

ليت • (lēt) m (dual ليتين (lētēn), plural ليتات (lētāt))

  1. light
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