"ال" meaning in Gulf Arabic

{
  "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-",
      "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": "90 3 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 2 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gulf Arabic prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the definite article; the"
      ],
      "id": "en-ال-afb-article-ogGZhesH",
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)ɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[l]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪ/",
      "note": "before sun letters"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اَلَّذِي",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اَلَّذِي m (allaḏī)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of الي (illi, “the relative clause”), itself a contraction of Arabic اَلَّذِي m (allaḏī) and اَلَّتِي f (allatī)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اِلـ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "head": "اِلـ",
        "tr": "il-"
      },
      "expansion": "اِلـ • (il-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "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/",
      "note": "before sun letters"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

{
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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/",
      "note": "before sun letters"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Gulf Arabic articles",
    "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",
    "Pages with 13 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "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-",
      "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": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the definite article; the"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)ɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[l]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪ/",
      "note": "before sun letters"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Gulf Arabic lemmas",
    "Gulf Arabic prepositions",
    "Gulf Arabic pronouns",
    "Gulf Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "Gulf Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Pages with 13 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اَلَّذِي",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اَلَّذِي m (allaḏī)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of الي (illi, “the relative clause”), itself a contraction of Arabic اَلَّذِي m (allaḏī) and اَلَّتِي f (allatī)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اِلـ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "head": "اِلـ",
        "tr": "il-"
      },
      "expansion": "اِلـ • (il-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "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/",
      "note": "before sun letters"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "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",
    "Pages with 13 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "preposition",
        "head": "اِلـ",
        "tr": "il-"
      },
      "expansion": "اِلـ • (il-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "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/",
      "note": "before sun letters"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "l-",
      "word": "لـ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}