إلى

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Arabic

Etymology 1

  • Lengthened from Proto-Semitic *ʾila (“towards, nigh”), displaying some attachment of Proto-Semitic *la (“for”) used in Literary Arabic لَ (la, “for”) only before pronominal suffixes, having stood in some variation with Proto-Semitic *li (“for”) from which Arabic لِ (li, “for”). Compare عَلَى (ʕalā).
  • Related to the root ء و ل (ʔ-w-l) in the sense of “returning” and to the root ء ل و (ʔ-l-w) in the sense of “striving towards but failing”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔi.laː/
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  • Rhymes: -aː

Preposition

إِلَى • (ʔilā)

  1. to, towards
  2. till, until
  3. near
Inflection
    Inflected forms
Base form إِلَى (ʔilā)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms 		Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person إِلَيَّ (ʔilayya) إِلَيْنَا (ʔilaynā)
Second person إِلَيْكَ (ʔilayka) إِلَيْكِ (ʔilayki) إِلَيْكُمَا (ʔilaykumā) إِلَيْكُمْ (ʔilaykum) إِلَيْكُنَّ (ʔilaykunna)
Third person إِلَيْهِ (ʔilayhi) إِلَيْهَا (ʔilayhā) إِلَيْهِمَا (ʔilayhimā) إِلَيْهِمْ (ʔilayhim) إِلَيْهِنَّ (ʔilayhinna)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Judeo-Arabic: אלי (ʾilā)
  • Maltese: lejn
  • North Levantine Arabic: ل (la) (merged with لِ (li))
  • → Ottoman Turkish: الی (ila)

Etymology 2

Root
ء ل و (ʔ-l-w)

Pronunciation

Noun

إِلًى • (ʔilan) m (construct state إِلَى (ʔilā), plural آلَاء (ʔālāʔ))

  1. benefit, favour, blessing
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:55:
      فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَى؟
      fa-bi-ʔayyi ʔālāʔi rabbika tatamārā?
      Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?
Declension
Declension of noun إِلًى (ʔilan)
Singular singular in ـًى (-an)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِلَى
ʔilā 		الْإِلَى
al-ʔilā 		إِلَى
ʔilā
Nominative إِلًى
ʔilan 		الْإِلَى
al-ʔilā 		إِلَى
ʔilā
Accusative إِلًى
ʔilan 		الْإِلَى
al-ʔilā 		إِلَى
ʔilā
Genitive إِلًى
ʔilan 		الْإِلَى
al-ʔilā 		إِلَى
ʔilā
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِلَيَيْن
ʔilayayn 		الْإِلَيَيْن
al-ʔilayayn 		إِلَيَيْ
ʔilayay
Nominative إِلَيَانِ
ʔilayāni 		الْإِلَيَانِ
al-ʔilayāni 		إِلَيَا
ʔilayā
Accusative إِلَيَيْنِ
ʔilayayni 		الْإِلَيَيْنِ
al-ʔilayayni 		إِلَيَيْ
ʔilayay
Genitive إِلَيَيْنِ
ʔilayayni 		الْإِلَيَيْنِ
al-ʔilayayni 		إِلَيَيْ
ʔilayay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal آلَاء
ʔālāʔ 		الْآلَاء
al-ʔālāʔ 		آلَاء
ʔālāʔ
Nominative آلَاءٌ
ʔālāʔun 		الْآلَاءُ
al-ʔālāʔu 		آلَاءُ
ʔālāʔu
Accusative آلَاءً
ʔālāʔan 		الْآلَاءَ
al-ʔālāʔa 		آلَاءَ
ʔālāʔa
Genitive آلَاءٍ
ʔālāʔin 		الْآلَاءِ
al-ʔālāʔi 		آلَاءِ
ʔālāʔi
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