ألا

See also: آلا and إلا

Arabic

Etymology 1

From أَنْ (ʾan) + لَا ().

Conjunction

أَلَّا (ʾallā)

  1. negate a verb if the following verb is in subjunctive
    قَرَّرْتُ أَلَّا أَعْمَلَ فِيهِ
    qarrartu ʾallā ʾaʿmala fīhi
    I decided not to work in it.
  2. lest, that [..] not, in order that [..] not, so as not to

Etymology 2

Particle

أَلَا (ʾalā)

  1. verily, truly, indeed, oh yes!

Etymology 3

From the root ء ل و (ʾ-l-w).

Verb

أَلَا (ʾalā) I, non-past يَأْلُو‎ (yaʾlū)

  1. to neglect to do, to fail to do, not to do (with فِي ())
  2. to desist, to refrain (with فِي ())

Conjugation

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863), ألا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1976), ألا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 4

Morphologically from أَ (ʾa) + لَا ().

Particle

أَلَا (ʾalā)

  1. do/does ... not, don't/doesn't (negative interrogative particle)
    أَلَا تَعْرِفُ مَنْ هُوَ؟
    ʾalā taʿrifu man huwa?
    Do you not know who he is?
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