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إِلٰهِيّ
divine /ʔi.laːˈhiː/
adjectiveA1#168 most common
Also: godly, theological, of God
Example sentences
هٰذا حُبٌّ إِلٰهِيّ.
This is divine love.
القُرآنُ كَلامٌ إِلٰهِيّ.
The Quran is divine speech.
يُؤمِنُ النّاسُ بِالعَدلِ الإِلٰهِيّ.
People believe in divine justice.
تَحَدَّثَ الفَيلَسوفُ عَنِ الوَحيِ الإِلٰهِيّ.
The philosopher spoke about divine revelation.
يَرى الصّوفِيُّ أَنَّ الحُبَّ الإِلٰهِيَّ غايَةُ الوُجودِ.
The Sufi sees divine love as the purpose of existence.
تَدورُ القَصيدَةُ حَولَ فِكرَةِ الجَمالِ الإِلٰهِيِّ المُتَجَلّي في الطَّبيعَةِ.
The poem turns on the idea of divine beauty made manifest in nature.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِلٰهِيٌّ | إِلٰهِيّونَ |
| Genitive | إِلٰهِيٍّ | إِلٰهِيّينَ |
| Accusative | إِلٰهِيًّا | إِلٰهِيّينَ |
| Vocative | يا إِلٰهِيُّ | يا إِلٰهِيّونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The word is a nisba (relational adjective) built on the noun إِلٰه (ilāh), meaning god or deity, with the suffix ـِيّ added to mean of or pertaining to. The noun and its root ء-ل-ه run across the Semitic languages and also lie behind الله (Allāh), itself a contraction of al-ilāh, the god. So إِلٰهِيّ literally marks something as belonging to or coming from God.
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