Arabic vocabulary
لِيَto me in Arabic
لِيَ is how you say “to me” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
قَالَ لِخَدِيجَةِ أَيُّ خَدِيجَةُ مَا لِيَ،
He said to Khadijah, "O Khadijah, what is the matter with me?"
لِيَ — to me. A preposition fused with 'me', one word for two, meaning 'to/for me' and forming the second half of 'what is the matter with me'. The attached pronoun marks the speaker as the one the trouble concerns.
From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →
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