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ليت

ليت

See also: لیب and ليث

Arabic

Interjection

لَيْتَ • ‎(layta)

if only, I wish, would (would God) that...; expresses an unattainable wish
لَيْتَكَ كُنْتَ مَعِي أَمْس!
laytaka kunta maʿī ʾams!
If only you had been with me yesterday!

Inflection

Inflected forms

Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
Base form					لَيْتَ ‎(layta)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	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)

Usage notes

لَيْتَ ‎(layta) must be followed by a noun or pronoun shifted to the accusative case. It is often preceded by يَا ‎(yā, “oh!”).

See also

(ʾinna and her sisters) إِنَّ وَ أَخَوَاتُهَا ‎(ʾinna waʾaḵawātuhā); إِنَّ ‎(ʾinna), أَنَّ ‎(ʾanna), لٰكِنَّ ‎(lākinna), لِأَنَّ ‎(liʾanna), لَعَلَّ ‎(laʿalla) لَيْتَ ‎(layta) ^{(Category: ar:sisters of ʾinna)}