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},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*ha"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ha",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "הֲ־",
"tr": "hă-"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew הֲ־ (hă-)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From former هَـ (ha-), from Proto-Semitic *ha. Cognate to Hebrew הֲ־ (hă-).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "أَ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ʔa-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "أَ",
"tr": "ʔa-"
},
"expansion": "أَ • (ʔa-)",
"name": "ar-particle"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "particle",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"introduces a positive yes-no question"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "هَل"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"introduces a negative yes-no question"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"indicates an exclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”), as in alternative questions"
],
"links": [
[
"أَمْ",
"أم#Arabic"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"proscribed",
"sometimes"
],
"word": "هَل"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"indicates an inclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”) that denotes sameness, indistinguishability, unimportance, insignificance, or indifference"
],
"links": [
[
"أَمْ",
"أم#Arabic"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "al-",
"word": "آ — used before اَلْ"
}
],
"word": "أ"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: ʔ",
"path": [
"أ"
],
"section": "Arabic",
"subsection": "letter",
"title": "أ",
"trace": ""
}
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