لَيْتَ / هَلْ / لَوْ
Would that / whether / if.
Distinguish the conventional primary function of a particle from its pragmatic use in a particular context. Layta directly marks wishing; hal and law can express it by contextual transfer.
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Literal versus transferred force
Inshāʾ and Tamannī: Requests, Wishing, Exhortation, and Reproach
لَيْتَ / هَلْ / لَوْ
Would that / whether / if.
Distinguish the conventional primary function of a particle from its pragmatic use in a particular context. Layta directly marks wishing; hal and law can express it by contextual transfer.