كرمال

Visibly a univerbation of Arabic كُرْمًا لِ، كُرْمَى لِ‎ (kurman li, kurmā li, “as an act of generosity toward”), attested in that meaning along with كُرْمَةً لِ (kurmatan li) in lexicons compiled as early as the 10th century. Compare عقبال‎.

(Lebanon) IPA^(key): /kɪɾ.meːl/

كرمال • (kirmāl)

1. for; for the sake of

   ‏أنا بعِيش بس كرمال ولادي.‎‎

   ʾana bʿīš bas kirmāl wlādi.

   Me, I live only for my children.

كرمال • (kirmāl)

1. (Lebanon) to, in order to

   ‏راحت معي عالمحل كرمال تشتري بندورة‎

   rāḥit maʿi ʿal-maḥall kirmāl tištiri banadūra

   She went to the store with me to buy tomatoes.

   (literally, “She went with me to the store for that she buy tomatoes”)

• As Arabics have no infinitive verb forms, instead using the subjunctive, a more-accurate translation might be for, in order for. The word is therefore equivalent to English’s usually-invisible for as in for to.
• Sometimes reinforced with synonyms, as in كِرمَال تَ‎ (kirmāl ta).

• لَ‎ (la)
• تَ‎ (ta)
• حَتَّى‎ (ḥatta)
• حَتَّالا‎ (ḥattāla)
• حَتَّالِي‎ (ḥattāle)
• حَتَّالتي‎ (ḥattālte)
• مِنشَان‎ (minšān)
• مشَان‎ (mišān, mšān)
• عَشَان‎ (ʕašān)