إله
ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the root ء ل ه (ʾ-l-h). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
إِلٰه • (ʾilāh) m (plural آلِهَة (ʾāliha), feminine إِلَاهَة (ʾilāha) or إِلٰهَة (ʾilāha))
DeclensionEdit
Declension of noun إِلٰه (ʾilāh)
Singular | basic singular triptote; singular of irregular noun | ||
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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