"إلا" meaning in Arabic

See إلا in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

Forms: إِلَّا [canonical], ʔillā [romanization]
Etymology: Cognate with Ge'ez አላ (ʾälla), Hebrew אֶלָּא (ʾellā). Etymology templates: {{cog|gez|አላ|tr=ʾälla}} Ge'ez አላ (ʾälla), {{cog|he|אֶלָּא|tr=ʾellā}} Hebrew אֶלָּא (ʾellā) Head templates: {{ar-con|إِلَّا}} إِلَّا • (ʔillā)
  1. (in affirmatives and rhetorical questions) except (for), save (for), but (for), barring; other than, besides, apart from
    Sense id: en-إلا-ar-conj-Vogeu2wm Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic prepositions, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Arabic prepositions: 27 21 27 25 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 11 10 11 10 1 0 19 19 1 0 19
  2. (in negatives) no more than; nothing more than; nothing but or no one but; only, but
    Sense id: en-إلا-ar-conj-jkcFT5ec Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic prepositions Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Arabic prepositions: 27 21 27 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ رَبِّي (ʔillā man raḥima rabbī)

Preposition

Forms: إِلَّا [canonical], ʔillā [romanization]
Etymology: Cognate with Ge'ez አላ (ʾälla), Hebrew אֶלָּא (ʾellā). Etymology templates: {{cog|gez|አላ|tr=ʾälla}} Ge'ez አላ (ʾälla), {{cog|he|אֶלָּא|tr=ʾellā}} Hebrew אֶלָּא (ʾellā) Head templates: {{ar-prep|إِلَّا}} إِلَّا • (ʔillā)
  1. (in affirmatives and rhetorical questions, rare) except (for), save (for), but (for), barring; other than, besides, apart from Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-إلا-ar-prep-Vogeu2wm Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic prepositions, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Arabic prepositions: 27 21 27 25 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 11 10 11 10 1 0 19 19 1 0 19
  2. (in negatives, rare) no more than; nothing more than; nothing but or no one but; only, but Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-إلا-ar-prep-jkcFT5ec Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic prepositions Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Arabic prepositions: 27 21 27 25

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          "text": "الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Arabic terms with rare senses",
        "Requests for date",
        "Requests for transliteration of Arabic quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My Lord, I sit at your door, with arms outspread.\nWho is there for me to whom I may flee,\nSave for you, my prop?",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Sayyid al-Naqšabandī (lyrics and music), “مَوْلَاي (mawlāy)”",
          "text": "مولاي إني ببابك قد بسطت يدي\nمن لي ألوذ به إلاك يا سندي",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "except (for), save (for), but (for), barring; other than, besides, apart from"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "except",
          "except"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "except for"
        ],
        [
          "save",
          "save"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "save for"
        ],
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "but for"
        ],
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ],
        [
          "other than",
          "other than"
        ],
        [
          "besides",
          "besides"
        ],
        [
          "apart from",
          "apart from"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in affirmatives and rhetorical questions, rare) except (for), save (for), but (for), barring; other than, besides, apart from"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in affirmatives and rhetorical questions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no more than; nothing more than; nothing but or no one but; only, but"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ],
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in negatives, rare) no more than; nothing more than; nothing but or no one but; only, but"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in negatives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Illa (Arabic)"
  ],
  "word": "إلا"
}

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