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Arabic
Preposition
עלי • (transliteration needed)
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of عَلَى (ʕalā, “on, upon, over”)
c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir, Exodus 1:8:וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃- waqāma malikun jadīdun ʕalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.
- And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.
Hebrew
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *ʕall-, *ʕaly- (“high; height, elevation”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕal-, *ʕVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise; mountain”).
Related to Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, “to be high, exalted; Ali (exalted one)”), Maltese għoli.
Proper noun
עֵלִי • (eli) m
- (biblical) Eli (the priest who brought up Samuel)
- a male given name, Eli
Etymology 2
Cognate to Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā), Maltese għal.
Preposition
עֲלֵי • (alé)
- (biblical, poetic) Alternative form of עַל (al)
Preposition
עָלַי • (aláy)
- Form of עַל including first-person singular personal pronoun as object, defective spelling.
Etymology 3
Adjective
עִלִּי • (ilí) (feminine עִלִּית, masculine plural עִלִּים or עִלִּיִּים, feminine plural עִלִּיּוֹת)
- upper
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