علة

العربية

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علة^¹

/ʕal.la/

noun عَلَّة · ʕalla · عَلَّات · الْعَلَّة

second draught of a drink
co-wife, wife other than the first wife (in polygamy)

علة^²

/ʕil.la/

noun عِلَّة · ʕilla · عِلَّات · عِلَل · الْعِلَّة

defect, vice
disease, malady, bug
especially, of a verb, of the morphology of a word defect, irregularity
of the phonology represented by the letters ا defect, weakness
in verse the transition from one metrical foot to another

علة^³

/ʕil.la/

noun عِلَّة · ʕilla · عِلَل · الْعِلَّة

cause, reason
excuse, pretext, apology, plea

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {علة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

علة