عَسَى
ˁasέ
basic morphological information

adv.

maybe
возможно
لعلّ
LS 317; CSOL I 499; CSOL II 416; Naumkin et al. 2015a:61; Wehr 613; Behnstedt 830
text examples

ˁö́mor yɔʰ aˁŝέŝ di-tɛr ˁasέ íno bíľeʰ di-ˀeṣbóḥo ˁasέ íno bíľeʰ di-gedóḥo wa-ˁasέ áḷḷaʰ yefárrag ˁek ‘The boy said: “But please, stand up and come outside—perhaps something new has appeared in the morning? Perhaps something new has come? Perhaps God has granted you respite?”’ (CSOL II 1:76)

etymology

Borrowed from Arabic (Wehr 717)