إل

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • إِيل (ʔīl)

Etymology

Pronunciation

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

Noun

إِلّ or إِل • (ʔill or ʔilm or f (uncountable)

  1. (in the singular, proper noun) god, deity, God, El
  2. a vow
  3. kinship
  4. hatred, enmity
  5. a noble origin

Declension

Declension of noun إِلّ (ʔill)‎; إِل (ʔil)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal إِلّ‎; إِل
ʔill‎; ʔil
الْإِلّ‎; الْإِل
al-ʔill‎; al-ʔil
إِلّ‎; إِل
ʔill‎; ʔil
nominative إِلٌّ‎; إِلٌ
ʔillun‎; ʔilun
الْإِلُّ‎; الْإِلُ
al-ʔillu‎; al-ʔilu
إِلُّ‎; إِلُ
ʔillu‎; ʔilu
accusative إِلًّا‎; إِلًا
ʔillan‎; ʔilan
الْإِلَّ‎; الْإِلَ
al-ʔilla‎; al-ʔila
إِلَّ‎; إِلَ
ʔilla‎; ʔila
genitive إِلٍّ‎; إِلٍ
ʔillin‎; ʔilin
الْإِلِّ‎; الْإِلِ
al-ʔilli‎; al-ʔili
إِلِّ‎; إِلِ
ʔilli‎; 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 ʔilakThis book is yours.
    هو صاحب إله.huwwe ṣāḥeb ʔiloHe's a friend of his.
  3. (by extension) to have
    Synonyms: عند (ʕind), مع (maʕ)
    إلي أخ وأخت.
    ʔili ʔaḵḵ w-ʔuẖt
    I have a brother and sister.
    (literally, “Mine are a brother and a sister.”)

Inflection

Inflection 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)