إلا

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1)  except (for), save (for), but (for), barring; other than, besides, apart from
 * 2)  no more than; nothing more than; nothing but or no one but; only, but
 * 1)  no more than; nothing more than; nothing but or no one but; only, but
 * 1)  no more than; nothing more than; nothing but or no one but; only, but

Usage notes
When the sentence is positive, the excluded noun is always accusative. When the sentence is negative, the excluded noun can be accusative or it can follow the declension of the included noun as it behaves as a substitute for it. When the excluded noun isn't a member of the included group, it's always accusative. In negative sentences, the included noun can sometimes be omitted. Then the noun following has to be in the case that the included noun would have had if it had been mentioned, as it behaves as a substitute for it. If we mention the included noun, the excluded noun can follow its declension or it can be accusative.

Preposition

 * 1)  except (for), save (for), but (for), barring; other than, besides, apart from
 * 2)  no more than; nothing more than; nothing but or no one but; only, but
 * 1)  no more than; nothing more than; nothing but or no one but; only, but

Etymology 1
From a dialectal variant of.

Etymology 2
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) except, save
 * 2) unless, if not

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) unless, if not
 * 2)  except, only
 * 3)  minus
 * 4) and there, lo and behold
 * 1) and there, lo and behold
 * 1) and there, lo and behold