Arabic vocabulary
إلّاexcept
How to say “except” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وبأن القراء لا يحفظون إلا شواذ القراءة
and that the reciters do not preserve except the rare readings.
إِلَّا — except. This exceptive particle carves out the sole exception from the preceding negation, giving 'except'. It depends on the earlier 'not', and together they restrict what the reciters preserve to one thing.
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