"إما" meaning in Arabic

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        "2": "إِن",
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      "expansion": "Univerbation of إِن (ʔin, “if”) + مَا (mā, relative)",
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  "etymology_text": "Univerbation of إِن (ʔin, “if”) + مَا (mā, relative).",
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          "english": "Every object is either existent or inexistent.",
          "roman": "kullu šayʔin ʔimmā mawjūdun waʔimmā maʕdūmun.",
          "text": "كُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِمَّا مَوْجُودٌ وَإِمَّا مَعْدُومٌ.",
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        "used for disjunction, both posited as equal alternatives, either … or, be it that, whether, may it be that, etc."
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        {
          "roman": "ʔaw",
          "word": "أَوْ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔam",
          "word": "أَمْ"
        }
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔim.maː/"
    }
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  "word": "إما"
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        "if ever"
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      "roman": "ʔaw",
      "word": "أَوْ"
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      "word": "أَمْ"
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          "english": "Every object is either existent or inexistent.",
          "roman": "kullu šayʔin ʔimmā mawjūdun waʔimmā maʕdūmun.",
          "text": "كُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِمَّا مَوْجُودٌ وَإِمَّا مَعْدُومٌ.",
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  "word": "إما"
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