إما
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Arabic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Univerbation of إِن (ʔin, “if”) + مَا (mā, relative).
Conjunction[edit]
إِمَّا • (ʔimmā)
- used for disjunction, both posited as equal alternatives, either … or, be it that, whether, may it be that, etc.
- كُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِمَّا مَوْجُودٌ وَإِمَّا مَعْدُومٌ.
- kullu šayʔin ʔimmā mawjūdun waʔimmā maʕdūmun.
- Every object is either existent or inexistent.
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
إِن (ʔin, “if”) + ـمَا (-mā, “soever”).
Conjunction[edit]
إِمَّا • (ʔimmā)
References[edit]
- Tropper, Josef (2003) “Sekundäres wortanlautendes Alif im Arabischen”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, page 202
South Levantine Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
إمّا • (ʔimma)
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