إل

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil- the sense God might have been enforced by Hebrew or Phoenician.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

إِلّ or إِل • (ʾill or ʾil) m or f

1. god, deity, God
2. vow

Declension of noun إِل (ʾil)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِل ʾil	الْإِل‎ al-ʾil	إِل ʾil
Nominative	إِلٌ ʾilun	الْإِلُ‎ al-ʾilu	إِلُ ʾilu
Accusative	إِلًا‎ ʾilan	الْإِلَ‎ al-ʾila	إِلَ ʾila
Genitive	إِلٍ ʾilin	الْإِلِ‎ al-ʾili	إِلِ ʾili

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South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• لإلـ‎ (laʔil-)

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)