لَيْتَ I wish in Arabic
لَيْتَ is how you say “I wish” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
لَيْتَنِي أَكُونُ حَيًّا ذَكَرَ حَرْفًا
I wish I were alive to hear him mention a single letter.
لَيْتَنِي I wish
The wishing particle 'if only', again with -ni ('me') attached as its grabbed subject; it sets up a longing that the speaker knows cannot be. It governs the clause after it, so what follows is presented as the wished-for, not as a fact.
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More example sentences
لَيْتَ شَعْرِيَ وَقَدْ تَمَادَى بِكَ الْهَجْرُ أَمْ مِنْكَ التَّفْرِيطُ أَمْ كَانَ مِنِّي،
I wish I knew: now that estrangement toward you has gone so far, was the negligence yours, or was it mine?
لَيْتَ I wish
A wishing particle that opens a longing 'if only ...' statement and grips the following word into the accusative as its subject. It sets the whole line in a wistful mood. Its case-forcing pull on the next word is its grammatical mark.