"إما" meaning in Arabic

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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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        {
          "english": "They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:65:",
          "roman": "qālū yā mūsā ʔimmā ʔan tulqiya waʔimmā ʔan nakūna ʔawwala man ʔalqā",
          "text": "قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى إِمَّا أَن تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَى",
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        {
          "english": "Lo! We have guided him by the way, whether he be grateful or ungrateful.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 76:3:",
          "roman": "ʔinnā hadaynāhu s-sabīla ʔimmā šākiran wa-ʔimmā kafūran",
          "text": "إِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا",
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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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      "ipa": "/ʔim.maː/"
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          "english": "If thou meetest any mortal, say:",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:26:",
          "roman": "fa-ʔimmā tarayinna mina l-bašari ʔaḥadan fa-qūlī",
          "text": "فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي",
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  "word": "إما"
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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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          "english": "They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:65:",
          "roman": "qālū yā mūsā ʔimmā ʔan tulqiya waʔimmā ʔan nakūna ʔawwala man ʔalqā",
          "text": "قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى إِمَّا أَن تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَى",
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          "english": "Lo! We have guided him by the way, whether he be grateful or ungrateful.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 76:3:",
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          "text": "إِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا",
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  "word": "إما"
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          "text": "فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي",
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