إلا

Cognate with Ge'ez አላ (ʾälla), Hebrew אֶלָּא‎ (elá).

إِلَّا • (ʾillā)

1. except, save
2. unless, if not
3. (after negation) only, but, not until

   ‏الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.‎‎

   aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu tājun ʿalā ruʾūsi l-ʾaṣiḥḥāʾi lā yarāhu ʾillā l-marḍā.

   Health is a crown on the heads of the healthy, that only the ill can see.

4. (adjectival) other than
   • Qur'an

     ‏لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَا ءَالِهَةٌ إلاَّ اللهُ لَفَسَدَتَا‎

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• (except, save): سِوَى‎ (siwā), غَيْر‎ (ḡayr)
• (only, but, not until): سِوَى‎ (siwā), غَيْر‎ (ḡayr)