إلى

العربية

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إلى^¹

/ʔi.laː/

Rhymes with -aː

Where it comes from

* 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 (ʕalā).

* Related to the root ء و ل (ʔ w l) in the sense of “returning” and to the root ء ل و (ʔ l w) in the sense of “striving towards but failing”.

preposition إِلَى · ʔilā · إِلَيَّ · إِلَيْنَا

to, towards
till, until
near

إلى^²

/ʔi.lan/

noun إِلًى · ʔilan · إِلَى · آلَاء · الْإِلَى

benefit, favour, blessing فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَى؟

In English

to in the direction of, and arriving at
down from one end to another
into producing, becoming
toward in the direction of
unto up to

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"إلى." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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إلى. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89

Chicago

"إلى." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {إلى},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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