لِيْto me

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لِيْ اِجْلِسْ هَا هُنَا

  He said to me, 'Sit right here'.

  لِي — to me. A preposition 'to/for' fused with a 'me' ending. It marks the speaker as the one spoken to, naming the recipient of the saying, the single word covering 'to me'.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →

• خَطَرَتْ لِيْ فِكْرَةٌ

  An idea occurred to me.

  لِيْ — to me. A preposition of direction ('to') fused with the pronoun 'me', so one word marks the speaker as the person the idea came to. Arabic merges the preposition with its pronoun object, naming the experiencer toward whom the occurring is aimed.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →