إلى

Arabic

Etymology
  • Lengthened from Proto-Semitic *ʾila (“towards, nigh”), displaying some attachment of Proto-Semitic *la (“for”) used in Literary Arabic لَ‎ (la, “for”) only before pronominal suffixes, having stood in some variation with Proto-Semitic *li (“for”) from which Arabic لِ‎ (li, “for”). Compare عَلَى‎ (ʿalā).
  • Related to the root ء و ل‎ (ʾ-w-l) in the sense of “returning” and to the root ء ل و‎ (ʾ-l-w) in the sense of “striving towards but failing”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔi.laː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aː

Preposition

إِلَى • (ʾilā)

  1. to, towards
  2. till, until
  3. near
Inflection
    Inflected forms
Base form إِلَى (ʾilā)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms		 Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person إِلَيَّ‎ (ʾilayya) إِلَيْنَا‎ (ʾilaynā)
Second person إِلَيْكَ‎ (ʾilayka) إِلَيْكِ‎ (ʾilayki) إِلَيْكُمَا‎ (ʾilaykumā) إِلَيْكُمْ‎ (ʾilaykum) إِلَيْكُنَّ‎ (ʾilaykunna)
Third person إِلَيْهِ‎ (ʾilayhi) إِلَيْهَا‎ (ʾilayhā) إِلَيْهِمَا‎ (ʾilayhimā) إِلَيْهِمْ‎ (ʾilayhim) إِلَيْهِنَّ‎ (ʾilayhinna)

Descendants
  • Judeo-Arabic: אלי‎ (ʾilā)
  • Maltese: lejn
  • North Levantine Arabic: ل‎ (la) (merged with لِ‎ (li))
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