إله

See also: أله, اله, آله, and آلة

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ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈlaːh/
  • 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”)
• إِلُوهِيَّة (ʾilūhiyya, “theism”)
• اللَّات (al-lāt, “Allat”)