Pronunciation
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عَسَى • (ʕasā)
- it is hoped (with following non-past or with أَن (ʔan) + subjunctive)
- Synonyms: (rare) حَرَى (ḥarā), (rare) اِخْلَوْلَقَ (iḵlawlaqa)
عَسَى ٱلْمُشْكِلَةُ تُحَلُّ.- ʕasā l-muškilatu tuḥallu.
- I hope the problem will be resolved.
عَسَى ٱلطَّالِبُ أَنْ يَنْجَحَ فِي ٱلاِمْتِحَانِ.- ʕasā ṭ-ṭālibu ʔan yanjaḥa fī l-imtiḥāni.
- I hope the student succeeds in the exam.
عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ ٱلْغَدُ أَفْضَلَ.- ʕasā ʔan yakūna l-ḡadu ʔafḍala.
- Tomorrow is another day.
- to be near, to be possible, perhaps (with following non-past or with أَن (ʔan) + subjunctive)
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 60:7:عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ مَوَدَّةً- ʕasā al-lahu ʔan yajʕala baynakum wabayna allaḏīna ʕādaytum minhum mawaddatan
- Allah may bring about goodwill between you and those of them you hold as enemies.
Conjugation
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- This is a defective verb. It has only perfect (past) tense and isn't usually conjugated, but it can be: