Arabic

Preposition

إِلَّا • ‎(ʾillā)

1. except, save
2. unless, if not
3. (after negation) only, but, not until

   الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.‎

   aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu tājun ʿalā ruʾūsi l-ʾaṣiḥḥāʾi lā yarāhu ʾillā l-marḍā.

   Health is a crown on the heads of the healthy, that only the ill can see.

Synonyms

• (except, save): سِوَى ‎(siwā), غَيْر ‎(ḡayr)
• (only, but, not until): سِوَى ‎(siwā), غَيْر ‎(ḡayr)