إنما

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Arabic

Etymology

إِنَّ (ʔinna) +‎ مَا (mā).

Pronunciation

Particle

إِنَّمَا • (ʔinnamā)

  1. only
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:110:
      قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يُوحَى إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلٰهُكُمْ إِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ
      qul ʔinnamā ʔanā bašarun miṯlukum yūḥā ʔilayya ʔannamā ʔilāhukum ʔilāhun wāḥidun
      Say, "I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Ahmad Shawqi
      وَإِنَّمَا ٱلْأُمَمُ ٱلْأَخْلَاقُ مَا بَقِيَتْ / فَإِنْ هُمُ ذَهَبَتْ أَخْلَاقُهُمْ ذَهَبُوا
      waʔinnamā l-ʔumamu l-ʔaḵlāqu mā baqiyat / faʔin humu ḏahabat ʔaḵlāquhum ḏahabū
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. but rather
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