عَسَىperhaps

Example sentences

• وَمَا عَسَى أَنْ يَبْلُغَنِي مِنْ هَذَا اللَّبَنِ،

  And perhaps some of this milk will reach me.

  عَسَى — perhaps. This is the verb-like particle 'perhaps/it may be', expressing hope or expectation; it characteristically takes a 'that' clause after it. Here it sets up 'perhaps that some milk reaches me'. Arabic uses this fixed word to mark something hoped-for but uncertain.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →