وَيُعَبَّرُ عَنْهُ بِـ «عَسَى» أَوْ «لَعَلَّ»
Hope can be expressed with ʿasā or laʿalla.
عَسَى أَنْ يَنْجَحَ الطَّالِبُ
It is hoped that the student will succeed.
ʿAsā is a fixed verb used among the verbs of hope. It commonly takes a construction containing an followed by the imperfect verb. Since success is regarded as a possible result, the statement expresses tarajjī.
This is neither a command nor an assertion that success has already occurred; it voices hope for its occurrence.
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Tamannī and Tarajjī: Definition, Particles, Rhetorical Uses and the Answer to a Wish
وَيُعَبَّرُ عَنْهُ بِـ «عَسَى» أَوْ «لَعَلَّ»
Hope can be expressed with ʿasā or laʿalla.
عَسَى أَنْ يَنْجَحَ الطَّالِبُ
It is hoped that the student will succeed.
ʿAsā is a fixed verb used among the verbs of hope. It commonly takes a construction containing an followed by the imperfect verb. Since success is regarded as a possible result, the statement expresses tarajjī.
This is neither a command nor an assertion that success has already occurred; it voices hope for its occurrence.