لعل

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

• IPA^(key): /la.ʕal.la/

لَعَلَّ • (laʕalla)

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

     ‏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

• 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."

• عَلَّ‎ (ʕalla), لَعَاءَ‎ (laʕāʔa)

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

From Persian لال‎ (lâl)

• IPA^(key): /laʕl/

لَعْل • (laʕl) m

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

• لَعْلِيّ‎ (laʕliyy)

• → Azerbaijani: ləl
• → Persian: لعل‎ (la'l)
• → Uzbek: laʼl

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

لعل • (la'l)

1. red gemstone; ruby, spinel, garnet

   Synonym: یاقوت‎ (yâqut)

2. (poetic, figurative) the beautiful lips of the beloved
3. (poetic, figurative) red wine