إل

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil- the sense God might have been reinforced by Hebrew אֵל‎ or Phoenician 𐤀𐤋‎ (ʾl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔill/
  • IPA(key): /ʔil/

Noun

إِلّ or إِل • (ʔill or ʔil) m or f (uncountable)

  1. god, deity, God, El (in the singular, proper noun)
  2. vow
  3. kinship
  4. hatred, enmity
  5. a noble origin
Declension of noun إِل (ʔil)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِل
ʔil		 الْإِل‎
al-ʔil		 إِل
ʔil
Nominative إِلٌ
ʔilun		 الْإِلُ‎
al-ʔilu		 إِلُ
ʔilu
Accusative إِلًا‎
ʔilan		 الْإِلَ‎
al-ʔila		 إِلَ
ʔila
Genitive إِلٍ
ʔilin		 الْإِلِ‎
al-ʔili		 إِلِ
ʔili

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic لِـ‎ (li-).

Preposition

إلـ • (ʔil-)

  1. to; for (detached version of the indirect object suffix ـلـ‎ (-l-), used for emphasis)
    ‏كتب إلي، مش إلك.‎‎
    katab ʔili, miš ʔilak.
    He wrote to me, not to you.
  2. belonging to (mine, yours etc.)
    ‏هالكتاب إلك.‎‎
    hāl-kitāb ʔilak
    This book is yours.
    ‏هو صاحب إله.‎‎
    huwwe ṣāḥeb ʔilo
    He's a friend of his.
  3. (by extension) to have
    ‏إلي أخ وأخت.‎‎
    ʔili ʔaḵḵ w-ʔuẖt
    I have a brother and sister.
    (literally, “Mine are a brother and a sister.”)
    Synonyms: عند‎ (ʕind), مع‎ (maʕ)

Inflection
    Inflected forms of إل
Base form إلـ (ʔil-)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms		 singular plural
m f
1st person إلي‎ (ʔili) إلنا‎ (ʔilna)
2nd person إلك‎ (ʔilak) إلك‎ (ʔilek) إلكم‎ (ʔilkom)
3rd person إله‎ (ʔilo) إلها‎ (ʔilha) إلهم‎ (ʔilhom)
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