South Levantine Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Reduplicated form of لـ (la-) +‎ إل (ʔil-). Compare Moroccan Arabic ليلـ (līl-, for) and Maltese lil (to).

Preposition edit

لإلـ (laʔil-)

  1. to, for; belonging to (mine, yours etc.)
    هادي الهديّة لإلك.
    hādi l-hadiyye laʔilak
    This gift is for you.

Inflection edit

    Inflected forms of لإل
Base form لإلـ (laʔil-)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person لإلي (laʔili) لإلنا (laʔilna)
2nd person لإلك (laʔilak) لإلك (laʔilek) لإلكم (laʔilkom)
3rd person لإله (laʔilo) لإلها (laʔilha) لإلهم (laʔilhom)