"ال" meaning in Gulf Arabic

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  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اَلْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اَلْ (al-)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic اَلْ (al-).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اِلـ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "article",
        "head": "اِلـ",
        "tr": "il-"
      },
      "expansion": "اِلـ • (il-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "article",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gulf Arabic articles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 0 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 0 46",
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          "name": "Gulf Arabic prepositions",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the definite article; the"
      ],
      "id": "en-ال-afb-article-ogGZhesH",
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)ɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[l]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "الي",
        "t": "the relative clause",
        "tr": "illi"
      },
      "expansion": "الي (illi, “the relative clause”)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اَلَّذِي",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اَلَّذِي m (allaḏī)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "اَلَّتِي",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "اَلَّتِي f (allatī)",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of الي (illi, “the relative clause”), itself a contraction of Arabic اَلَّذِي m (allaḏī) and اَلَّتِي f (allatī)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اِلـ",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "head": "اِلـ",
        "tr": "il-"
      },
      "expansion": "اِلـ • (il-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 0 46",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gulf Arabic pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the relative clause; that, who, which, etc"
      ],
      "id": "en-ال-afb-pron-WAYQDZ9Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) the relative clause; that, who, which, etc"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "الي"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)ɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[l]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

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  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "إِلَىٰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic إِلَىٰ (ʔilā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Could be directly from Arabic إِلَىٰ (ʔilā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اِلـ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "preposition",
        "head": "اِلـ",
        "tr": "il-"
      },
      "expansion": "اِلـ • (il-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to (destination)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ال-afb-prep-gTUtO4Ip",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to (destination)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "لي"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "ل"
        },
        {
          "roman": "l-",
          "word": "لـ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)ɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[l]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

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    "Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Gulf Arabic lemmas",
    "Gulf Arabic prepositions",
    "Gulf Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "Gulf Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Gulf Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اَلْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اَلْ (al-)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic اَلْ (al-).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اِلـ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il-",
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        "romanization"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "article",
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      "expansion": "اِلـ • (il-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "article",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "the definite article; the"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)ɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[l]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "Gulf Arabic lemmas",
    "Gulf Arabic prepositions",
    "Gulf Arabic pronouns",
    "Gulf Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "Gulf Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Gulf Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "الي",
        "t": "the relative clause",
        "tr": "illi"
      },
      "expansion": "الي (illi, “the relative clause”)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اَلَّذِي",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اَلَّذِي m (allaḏī)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "اَلَّتِي",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "اَلَّتِي f (allatī)",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of الي (illi, “the relative clause”), itself a contraction of Arabic اَلَّذِي m (allaḏī) and اَلَّتِي f (allatī)",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "il-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "head": "اِلـ",
        "tr": "il-"
      },
      "expansion": "اِلـ • (il-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Gulf Arabic colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the relative clause; that, who, which, etc"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) the relative clause; that, who, which, etc"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "الي"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)ɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[l]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

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    "Gulf Arabic lemmas",
    "Gulf Arabic prepositions",
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    "Gulf Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "إِلَىٰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic إِلَىٰ (ʔilā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Could be directly from Arabic إِلَىٰ (ʔilā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اِلـ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il-",
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      ]
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "preposition",
        "head": "اِلـ",
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      "expansion": "اِلـ • (il-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "prep",
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    {
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        "Gulf Arabic colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to (destination)"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to (destination)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "لي"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "ل"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)ɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[l]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "l-",
      "word": "لـ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}