إلى
Arabic
Etymology 1
- Lengthened from Proto-Semitic *ʾila (“towards, nigh”), displaying some attachment of Proto-Semitic *la (“for”) used in Literary Arabic لَ (la, “for”) only before pronominal suffixes, having stood in some variation with Proto-Semitic *li (“for”) from which Arabic لِ (li, “for”). Compare عَلَى (ʕalā).
- Related to the root ء و ل (ʔ w l) in the sense of “returning” and to the root ء ل و (ʔ l w) in the sense of “striving towards but failing”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔi.laː/
- Rhymes: -aː
Preposition
إِلَى • (ʔilā)
Inflection
| base form | إِلَى (ʔilā) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun including forms | |||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||
| m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st person | إِلَيَّ (ʔilayya) | إِلَيْنَا (ʔilaynā) | |||
| 2nd person | إِلَيْكَ (ʔilayka) | إِلَيْكِ (ʔilayki) | إِلَيْكُمَا (ʔilaykumā) | إِلَيْكُمْ (ʔilaykum) | إِلَيْكُنَّ (ʔilaykunna) |
| 3rd person | إِلَيْهِ (ʔilayhi) | إِلَيْهَا (ʔilayhā) | إِلَيْهِمَا (ʔilayhimā) | إِلَيْهِمْ (ʔilayhim) | إِلَيْهِنَّ (ʔilayhinna) |
Derived terms
- إِلَى مَنْ (ʔilā man) ،إِلَى أَينَ ،إِلَامَ (ʔilāma)
Descendants
- Judeo-Arabic: אלי (ʾilā)
- Maltese: lejn
- North Levantine Arabic: ل (la) (merged with لِ (li))
- → Ottoman Turkish: الی (ila)
- → Persian: الی (elâ)
Etymology 2
| Root |
|---|
| ء ل و (ʔ l w) |
| 8 terms |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔi.lan/
Noun
إِلًى • (ʔilan) m (construct state إِلَى (ʔilā), plural آلَاء (ʔālāʔ))
Declension
| singular | singular in ـًى (-an) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | إِلَى ʔilā |
الْإِلَى al-ʔilā |
إِلَى ʔilā |
| nominative | إِلًى ʔilan |
الْإِلَى al-ʔilā |
إِلَى ʔilā |
| accusative | إِلًى ʔilan |
الْإِلَى al-ʔilā |
إِلَى ʔilā |
| genitive | إِلًى ʔilan |
الْإِلَى al-ʔilā |
إِلَى ʔilā |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | إِلَيَيْن ʔilayayn |
الْإِلَيَيْن al-ʔilayayn |
إِلَيَيْ ʔilayay |
| nominative | إِلَيَانِ ʔilayāni |
الْإِلَيَانِ al-ʔilayāni |
إِلَيَا ʔilayā |
| accusative | إِلَيَيْنِ ʔilayayni |
الْإِلَيَيْنِ al-ʔilayayni |
إِلَيَيْ ʔilayay |
| genitive | إِلَيَيْنِ ʔilayayni |
الْإِلَيَيْنِ al-ʔilayayni |
إِلَيَيْ ʔilayay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | آلَاء ʔālāʔ |
الْآلَاء al-ʔālāʔ |
آلَاء ʔālāʔ |
| nominative | آلَاءٌ ʔālāʔun |
الْآلَاءُ al-ʔālāʔu |
آلَاءُ ʔālāʔu |
| accusative | آلَاءً ʔālāʔan |
الْآلَاءَ al-ʔālāʔa |
آلَاءَ ʔālāʔa |
| genitive | آلَاءٍ ʔālāʔin |
الْآلَاءِ al-ʔālāʔi |
آلَاءِ ʔālāʔi |