אלמלא
Hebrew
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic إما لَ (ʾimmā lā), equivalent to إما (ʾimmā, “if even”) + لَ (lā, “not”) cognate with Hebrew לֹא (lo). Likely adapted to form the compound אִי ('i, “not having, not being”) + לְמַלֵּא (lemalé, “to fulfill”).
Conjunction
editאִלְמָלֵא • ('ilmalé)
- unless, if not
- לֹא הָיִיתִי נוֹסֵעַ לַהַצָּגָה אִלְמָלֵא רָכַשְׁתִּי כַּרְטִיס מִבְּעוֹד מוֹעֵד.
- I would not go to the show if I had not obtained a ticket in advance.
- without, were it not for