ال

Signification (Anglais)

the

Synonymes

أَحْسَن

أَفْضَل

قرابة الدم

Fréquence

B1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/al-/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Uncertain; Rubin posits that this is a reduced form of the lost singular of Arabic أُولَى (ʔulā, “these”); compare rare Hebrew אֵל (el, “these”) and Akkadian 𒌌𒇻𒌑𒌝 (ullûm, “that”). In this hypothesis, original initial /u/ would be lost due to low stress; the initial /a/ found in phrase-initial position would thus be prothetic.

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