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Arabic
Pronunciation
Particle
لَيْتَ • (layta)
- 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, 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
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See also
Gulf Arabic
Etymology
From English light.
Pronunciation
Noun
ليت • (lēt) m (dual ليتين (lētēn), plural ليتات (lētāt))
- light