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عَسَى perhaps in Arabic

عَسَى is how you say “perhaps” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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.

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