إله

See also: أله, اله, آله, and آلة

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ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the root ء ل ه‏ (ʾ-l-h). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʔi.laːh/
  • Egypt: IPA^(key): [ʔeˈlæːh]
  • Levant: IPA^(key): [ʔɪˈlaːh]
  • Central Arabia: IPA^(key): [ʔɪˈlæːh]
  • West Arabia: IPA^(key): [ʔeˈlaːh]
  • Persian Gulf: IPA^(key): [ʔɪˈlɑːh]
  • Tunisia: IPA^(key): [iˈlɛːh]
  • Algeria: IPA^(key): [ilɛh]
  • Morocco: IPA^(key): [ʔilæh], colloquially IPA^(key): [ʔlæh]

NounEdit

إِلٰه • (ʾilāh) m (plural آلِهَة‏ (ʾāliha), feminine إِلَاهَة‏ (ʾilāha) or إِلٰهَة‏ (ʾilāha))

1. god, deity (generic)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of noun إِلٰه (ʾilāh)

Singular	basic singular triptote‎; singular of irregular noun
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِلٰه ʾilāh	الْإِلٰه‏‎; اللّٰه‏ al-ʾilāh‎; allāh	إِلٰه ʾilāh
Nominative	إِلٰهٌ ʾilāhun	الْإِلٰهُ‏‎; اللّٰهُ‏ al-ʾilāhu‎; allāhu	إِلٰهُ ʾilāhu
Accusative	إِلٰهًا‏ ʾilāhan	الْإِلٰهَ‏‎; اللّٰهَ‏ al-ʾilāha‎; allāha	إِلٰهَ ʾilāha
Genitive	إِلٰهٍ ʾilāhin	الْإِلٰهِ‏‎; اللّٰهِ‏ al-ʾilāhi‎; allāhi	إِلٰهِ ʾilāhi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِلٰهَيْن‏ ʾilāhayn	الْإِلٰهَيْن‏ al-ʾilāhayn	إِلٰهَيْ‏ ʾilāhay
Nominative	إِلٰهَانِ‏ ʾilāhāni	الْإِلٰهَانِ‏ al-ʾilāhāni	إِلٰهَا‏ ʾilāhā
Accusative	إِلٰهَيْنِ‏ ʾilāhayni	الْإِلٰهَيْنِ‏ al-ʾilāhayni	إِلٰهَيْ‏ ʾilāhay
Genitive	إِلٰهَيْنِ‏ ʾilāhayni	الْإِلٰهَيْنِ‏ al-ʾilāhayni	إِلٰهَيْ‏ ʾilāhay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آلِهَة‏ ʾāliha	الْآلِهَة‏ al-ʾāliha	آلِهَة‏ ʾālihat
Nominative	آلِهَةٌ‏ ʾālihatun	الْآلِهَةُ‏ al-ʾālihatu	آلِهَةُ‏ ʾālihatu
Accusative	آلِهَةً‏ ʾālihatan	الْآلِهَةَ‏ al-ʾālihata	آلِهَةَ‏ ʾālihata
Genitive	آلِهَةٍ‏ ʾālihatin	الْآلِهَةِ‏ al-ʾālihati	آلِهَةِ‏ ʾālihati

SynonymsEdit

• إِلَاه‏ (ʾilāh)

Related termsEdit

• الْإِلَاه‏ (al-ʾilāh)
• اللّٰه‏ (allāh, “God”)
• آلِهَة‏ (ʾāliha, “gods, deities”)
• إلٰهَة‏ (ʾilāha), إلاهَة‏ (ʾilāha) ("goddess")
• إِلٰهِيّ‏ (ʾilāhiyy, “divine”)
• إِلٰهِيَّات‏ (ʾilāhiyyāt, “theology”)
• أُلُوهِيَّة‏ (ʾulūhiyya, “theism”)
• اللَّات‏ (al-lāt, “Allat”)

ReferencesEdit

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ءله”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4