ἆρᾰ G0687
Senses
1. sense 1 4×
AR["أَتُرى","عَسَى","لَعَلَّ"]·ben["কি","সত্যই","সত্যিই","সম্ভবত"]·DE["ἄρα","ἆρα"]·EN["perhaps","then"]·FR["est-ce-que"]·heb["אִם","אוּלַי","הַאִם"]·HI["कदाचित्","क्या","शायद","सम्भवतः"]·ID["mungkin","mungkinkah"]·IT["ara","dunque"]·jav["bokmenawi","mbok-bilih","mbokmenawi","punapa"]·KO["과연","혹시"]·PT["talvez"]·RU["как-бы","может-быть","найдёт-ли"]·ES["acaso"]·SW["kweli","labda","labda-"]·TR["acaba","belki"]·urd["شاید","کہیں","کیا"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἆρᾰ, interrogative Particle, implying anxiety or impatience, = Epic dialect and Lyric poetry ἦ ῥα: __1 alone, it simply marks the question, the nature of which is determined by the context: e.g. in Refs 4th c.BC+ a negative answer is implied in the question ἆρ᾽ ἂν οἴεσθε..; but an affirmative in Refs 5th c.BC+ ἆ. βέβληκα δὶς ἐφεξῆ; compare ἆρ᾽ εὐτυχεῖς.. ἢ δυστυχεῖ; Refs 5th c.BC+; and to make it…