"إلا" meaning in South Levantine Arabic

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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "إِلَّا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic إِلَّا (ʔillā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic إِلَّا (ʔillā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "إلّا",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʔilla",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "head": "إلّا",
        "tr": "ʔilla"
      },
      "expansion": "إلّا • (ʔilla)",
      "name": "ajp-conjunction"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "11 10 11 10 1 0 19 19 1 0 19",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unless, if not"
      ],
      "id": "en-إلا-ajp-conj-0KbrZzoe",
      "links": [
        [
          "unless",
          "unless"
        ],
        [
          "if not",
          "if not"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "except, only"
      ],
      "id": "en-إلا-ajp-conj-geQxM2S2",
      "links": [
        [
          "except",
          "except"
        ],
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after negation) except, only"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after negation"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "غير"
        },
        {
          "word": "ما عدا"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's twenty to three.",
          "roman": "is-sāʕa ḵamse ʔilla tult",
          "text": "الساعة خمسة إلا تلت.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to"
      ],
      "id": "en-إلا-ajp-conj-Zj6hv~~l",
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "telling time",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(telling time) to"
      ]
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        {
          "_dis": "11 10 11 10 1 0 19 19 1 0 19",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "and there, lo and behold"
      ],
      "id": "en-إلا-ajp-conj-el~Q19XW",
      "links": [
        [
          "and",
          "and"
        ],
        [
          "there",
          "there"
        ],
        [
          "lo and behold",
          "lo and behold"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔil.la/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔɪl.la]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "إلا"
}

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    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with audio links"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "إِلَّا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic إِلَّا (ʔillā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic إِلَّا (ʔillā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "إلّا",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʔilla",
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        "romanization"
      ]
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  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "إلّا",
        "tr": "ʔilla"
      },
      "expansion": "إلّا • (ʔilla)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unless, if not"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unless",
          "unless"
        ],
        [
          "if not",
          "if not"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "except, only"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "except",
          "except"
        ],
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after negation) except, only"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after negation"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "غير"
        },
        {
          "word": "ما عدا"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's twenty to three.",
          "roman": "is-sāʕa ḵamse ʔilla tult",
          "text": "الساعة خمسة إلا تلت.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "telling time",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(telling time) to"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "and there, lo and behold"
      ],
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        [
          "and",
          "and"
        ],
        [
          "there",
          "there"
        ],
        [
          "lo and behold",
          "lo and behold"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔil.la/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔɪl.la]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "إلا"
}