אלא

Arabic

Conjunction

אלא • (ʔillā)

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of إِلَّا (ʔillā)‎‎

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Aramaic

Etymology

אִן (ʾin, “if”) +‎ לָא (lā, “not”)

Conjunction

אֶלָּא • (ʾellā)

1. but

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Hebrew

Etymology

Related to Arabic إِلَّا (ʔillā), Ge'ez አላ (ʾälla).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /eˈla/

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Conjunction

אֶלָּא • (elá)

1. but, except

   אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ אֵין לָנוּ מֶלֶךְ אֶלָּא אַתָּה. ― Avínu malkéinu éin lánu mélekh elá atá. ― Our Father, our King, we have no king but You.

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Yiddish

Alternative forms

• אלאָ (elo)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אלא (elá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɫə/
• Hyphenation: אלא

Conjunction

אלא • (ele)

1. but, but if

   אלא וואָס דען? ― ele vos den? ― but what then?

2. except, unless

   Synonyms: סײַדן (saydn), (dialectal) כיבע (khibe)

3. (with ניט (nit) or נישט (nisht)) or else, but if not

References

• Beinfeld, Solon; Bochner, Harry (2013), “אלא”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “אלא/​אלאָ” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “אלא/​אלאָ ניט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [2].