لَام التَّعْلِيل
lam al-ta'lil
Lam of purpose/reason
Nahw · syntaxSpecific particleadvanced term
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Lam of purpose/reason
Classical definition
لَامُ التَّعْلِيلِ حَرْفُ جَرٍّ يُفِيدُ السَّبَبِيَّةَ، وَيُنْصَبُ بَعْدَهَا المُضَارِعُ بِأَنْ مُضْمَرَةً.
(ابن هشام)
Related terms
وَاو / لَام الْقَسَم · waw / lam al-qasam اللَّام الْمُزَحْلَقَة · al-lam al-muzahlaqa نُون التَّوْكِيد · nun al-tawkid لَام الْأَمْر · lam al-amr
Domain: Nahw · Category: Specific particle · Frequency in the Qur'an: 0 · Source: ابن هشام, cross-checked against the Quranic corpus · Reviewed by Ustad M. Arjan Ali