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إِلٰه
god (a deity) /ʔiˈlaːh/
nounA2#1195 most common
Also: deity, object of worship
Example sentences
عِنْدَهُمْ إِلٰهٌ واحِدٌ.
They have one god.
عَبَدَ القُدَماءُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ إِلٰهٍ.
The ancients worshipped more than one god.
في هٰذِهِ القِصّةِ يَظْهَرُ إِلٰهٌ غاضِبٌ يُعاقِبُ النّاسَ.
In this story an angry god appears who punishes people.
كان كُلُّ إِلٰهٍ في الأَساطيرِ القَديمةِ يُمَثِّلُ قُوّةً مِنْ قُوى الطَّبيعةِ.
In the old myths each god represented one of the forces of nature.
لا يُمْكِنُ لِأَيِّ إِلٰهٍ صَنَعَهُ الإِنْسانُ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ يَنْفَعَ أَوْ يَضُرَّ.
No god that man has made with his own hand can help or harm.
ذَهَبَ الفَلاسِفةُ إلى أنَّ فِكْرةَ الإِلٰهِ تَخْتَلِفُ مِنْ ثَقافةٍ إلى أُخْرى باخْتِلافِ تَصَوُّراتِ النّاسِ عَنِ المُقَدَّسِ.
The philosophers held that the idea of the god differs from one culture to another with people's differing conceptions of the sacred.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِلٰهٌ | آلِهةٌ |
| Genitive | إِلٰهٍ | آلِهةٍ |
| Accusative | إِلٰهًا | آلِهةً |
| Vocative | يا إِلٰهُ | يا آلِهةُ |
Word family
آلِهة (ʾāliha)gods (plural)
إِلٰهة (ʾilāha)goddess
إِلٰهِيّ (ʾilāhiyy)divine
أُلوهِيّة (ʾulūhiyya)divinity, godhood
اللّٰه (Allāh)God (the proper name)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʾ-l-h, which carries the sense of worship and divinity. It is cognate with Hebrew ʾelōah and Aramaic ʾelāh, both meaning god. The proper name Allāh is a contraction of al-ʾilāh, literally the god.
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