אל׳) אולימא

(אִלֵּ׳) אִולֵימָא (= אִי if, and לֵימָא = לֵימַר) prop. if to say, hence a dialectic term in debate, you do not mean to say, or shall I say? B. Mets.12b א׳ כשחייב מודה shall I say (it means) when the debtor concedes (his indebtedness)? Kid. 74a אהייא א׳וכ׳ what does it refer to? You cannot say it refers to … Sabb.150b (some ed. אל׳). Yoma 52b; a. v. fr.