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إِلَٰه

a god

Noun · masculineRoot ء-ل-ه

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Plural
آلِهَة
Feminine
إِلَٰهَة

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form II
أَلَّهَ
to deify

إِلَٰه in English

Noun · masculine

  1. a god; a deity; a divinity
    وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّٰهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۘ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَAnd do not call upon another god beside Allah: there is no god but He.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:88

Word origin

From Proto-Semitic *ʔil- with a vocative suffix ـَاه (-āh) which is else only sporadically attested in Arabic but has left its trace in the -ā vocatives of أَب (ʔab, “father”), أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”), حَم (ḥam, “father-in-law”).

Words from the root ء-ل-ه

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أَلَّهَ · present يُؤَلِّهُ

to deify; to idolize, to adore

تَأْلِيه
Verbal noun
مُؤَلِّه
Active participle
مُؤَلَّه
Passive participle
Noun · m.
a god
إِلَٰهِيَّات
Noun
theology
أُلُوهِيَّة
Noun · f.
divinity
عَارِف بِالله
Noun · m.
Knower of God

إِلَٰه: plural and other forms

Singularإِلَٰه
Pluralآلِهَة
Feminineإِلَٰهَة

إِلَٰه in a sentence

Dictionary examples

a god

وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّٰهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۘ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَAnd do not call upon another god beside Allah: there is no god but He.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:88

From a fully vowelled text

لأَنَّ «إِلهَنَا نَارٌ آكِلَةٌ».For our God is a consuming fire.Hebrews 12:29, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
يَا إِلهَ تَسْبِيحِي لاَ تَسْكُتْ،Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;Psalms 109:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
تَكُونُ كَامِلاً لَدَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ.Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.Deuteronomy 18:13, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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