ل

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /laːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/, /ɫ/

ل / ل‍ / ‍ل‍ / ‍ل‎ • (lām)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ك‎ (k) and followed by م‎ (m).

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʿ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
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ل / ل‍ / ‍ل‍ / ‍ل‎ • (lām)

1. The twelfth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ك‎ (k) and followed by م‎ (m).

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎍 (l), Hebrew לְ-‎ (lə-).

• IPA^(key): /li./

لِـ • (li-)

1. to, for, belonging to.

لِـ • (li-)

1. to, in order to: followed by the subjunctive mood

   ‏دَخَلْتُ ٱلْمَطْبَخَ لِأَشْرَبَ مَاءً.‎‎

   daḵaltu l-maṭbaḵa li-ʾašraba māʾan.

   I entered the kitchen to drink water.

2. used with the verbs أَرَادَ‎ (ʾarāda) and أَمَرَ‎ (ʾamara)
   • Quran

     ‏إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّٰهُ لِيُذُهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ‎

     ʾinnamā yurīdu llāhu liyuḏuhiba ʿankumu r-rijsa

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3. only to
   • Quran 28:8

     ‏فَالْتَقَطَهُ آلُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا‎

     fāltaqaṭahu ʾālu firʿawna liyakūna lahum ʿaduwwan waḥazanan

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

• لِأَنْ‎ (liʾan)

• IPA^(key): /li./

لِـ • (li-)

1. Used to introduce an imperative with a jussive verb; let

• IPA^(key): /la./

لَـ • (la-)

1. (intensifying particle) truly, verily, certainly, surely
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:41:

     ‏وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ ٱلْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ‎

     wa-ʾinna ʾawhana l-buyūti la-baytu l-ʿankabūti

     And indeed, the weakest of homes is the home of the spider,

Frequently used after إِنَّ‎ (ʾinna).

• IPA^(key): /li/

لِ • (li) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَلِيَ‎ (waliya)

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /lam/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/

ل (lām)

1. The thirty-ninth and first lam letter of the Khowar abjad.

• Previous letter: گ‎
• Next letter: ڵ‎

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [lam]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [l]

ل / ل‍ / ‍ل‍ / ‍ل‎

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ ث‎,‎ ج‎,‎ چ‎,‎ ح‎,‎ خ‎,‎ د‎,‎ ذ‎,‎ ر‎,‎ ز‎,‎ س‎,‎ ش‎,‎ ص‎,‎ ض‎,‎ ط‎,‎ ظ‎,‎ ع‎,‎ غ‎,‎ ڠ‎,‎ ف‎,‎ ڤ‎,‎ ق‎,‎ ک‎,‎ ݢ‎,‎ ل‎,‎ م‎,‎ ن‎,‎ و‎,‎ ۏ‎,‎ ه‎,‎ ء‎,‎ ي‎,‎ ى‎,‎ ڽ‎ ^[edit]

From a merger of Arabic لِ‎ (li, “to, for”) and إلَى‎ (ʾilā, “to, towards”).

ل (la)

1. expresses the indirect object

   ‏عم بكتب رساله لحبيبتي.‎‎

   ʿam biktib rsāli la-ḥabībti.

   I’m writing a letter to my girlfriend. / I’m writing my girlfriend a letter.

2. to, towards
3. for
4. by; made by; pertaining to

• The personal forms are built from the stem ʾill-: إلي‎ (ʾilli, “to me”), إلك‎ (ʾillak, “to you”), etc. More often than not, however, reduplicated forms from the stem laʾill- are used, thus لإلي‎ (laʾilli), لإلك‎ (laʾillak).
• In many contexts, the personal forms are joined directly to the verb, then taking the form -ill- after consonant clusters, otherwise just -l-. For example: بيحلالي‎ (byiḥlā-li, “it appeals to me”), بيحقلي‎ (biḥiʾʾ-illi, “it is due to me”). This phenomenon is also the reason for the above reduplication because the simple forms are identical to suffixed verb forms of قال‎ (ʾāl, “to say, tell”), such as قللي‎ (ʾil-li, “tell me”).

• (towards): ع‎ (ʿa); صوب‎ (ṣawb)
• (for): كرمال‎ (kirmāl)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /lɑm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/

ل • (lâm)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

• Previous letter: گ‎
• Next letter: م‎

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ﻝ / ﻟ / ﻠ / ﻞ • (lâm)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by گ‎ and followed by م‎. Its name is لام‎.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /lam/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/

ل (lām)

1. The forty-sixth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

• Previous letter: ڱ‎
• Next letter: م‎

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /lɑːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/

ل • (lām)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Urdu abjad.

• Previous letter: گ‎
• Next letter: م‎

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /le/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/

ل • (le)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

• Previous letter: ڭ‎ (ng)
• Next letter: م‎ (m)