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ل^¹

/laːm/ letter, name
/l/ phoneme
/ɫ/ phoneme

Where it comes from

From the Nabataean Aramaic letter 𐢑 (l, “lāmaḏ”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤋 (l, “lāməd”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌅. See also Classical Syriac ܠ (l, “lāmaḏ”), Hebrew ל (l, “lamed”), Ancient Greek Λ (L), Greek Λ (L), Latin L.

letter lām

letter The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).

symbol lām

The twelfth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).

ل^²

/li./
/laːm/ letter, name
/l/ phoneme
/ɫ/ phoneme

preposition لِـ · li- · لِي · لِيَ · لَنَا

to, for, belonging to تَيَسَّرَ لِلسَّفَرِ
Similar: إِلَى, عَلَى, حَتَّى, لَدَى, نَحْوَ
can كَيْفَ لَكِ النَّظَرُ إِلَيَّ وَالتَّظَاهُرُ بِأَنْ لَمْ نَلْتَقِ قَطُّ

preposition لَـ · la- · لِي · لِيَ · لَنَا

Used to express admiration يَا لَلْعَجَبِ!
Used to call for help يَا لَلْأُمِّ لِلْأَطْفَالِ!

conjunction لِـ · li-

to, in order to: followed by the subjunctive mood دَخَلْتُ ٱلْمَطْبَخَ لِأَشْرَبَ مَاءً.
used with the verbs أَرَادَ (ʔarāda) and أَمَرَ (ʔamara) إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللّٰهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ
only to (لَامُ الْعَاقِبَة (lāmu l-ʕāqiba)) فَالْتَقَطَهُ آلُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا

Similar: لِأَنْ

ل^³

/li./
/l/
/laːm/ letter, name
/l/ phoneme
/ɫ/ phoneme

particle لِـ · li-

Used to introduce an imperative with a jussive verb; let لِتَأْخُذُوا مَنَاسِكَكُمْ فَإِنِّي لَا أَدْرِي لَعَلِّي لَا أَحُجُّ بَعْدَ حَجَّتِي هَذِهِ

ل^⁴

/la./
/laːm/ letter, name
/l/ phoneme
/ɫ/ phoneme

particle لَـ · la-

truly, verily, certainly, surely وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ ٱلْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ ٱلْعَنْكَبُوتِ

Thesaurus

conjunction

Similar: لِأَنْ

In English

of possessive genitive: belonging to
for towards
to used to indicate the indirect object
have 1. to possess
let's let us; forming first-person plural imperative
by indicates creator of a work
-ward forming adverbs
in order to as a means of achieving the specified aim

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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