אִילֵימָא, (= 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)? Kidd. 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.