عال

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See also: غال

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع و ل (ʕ-w-l).

Root
ع و ل (ʕ w l)
5 terms

Verb

عَالَ (ʕāla) I (non-past يَعُولُ (yaʕūlu), verbal noun عَوْل (ʕawl))

  1. to provide for
  2. to impoverish, to pauperize
  3. to be poor or needy
  4. to burden, to vex
    1. to be burdensome
    2. to be bothersome, to be troublesome
  5. (intransitive) to greaten
    1. to be dominant
    2. to be intense or severe
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the root ع ي ل (ʕ-y-l).

Root
ع ي ل (ʕ y l)
2 terms

Verb

عَالَ (ʕāla) I (non-past يَعِيلُ (yaʕīlu), verbal noun عَيْلَة (ʕayla) or عَيْل (ʕayl))

  1. to be poor
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 93:6-8:
      أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَىٰ
      وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدَى
      وَوَجَدَكَ عَائِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ
      ʔalam yajidka yatīman faʔāwā
      wawajadaka ḍāllan fahadā
      wawajadaka ʕāʔilan faʔaḡnā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From the root ع ل ل (ʕ-l-l).

Root
ع ل ل (ʕ l l)
14 terms

Verb

عَالَّ (ʕālla) III (non-past يُعَالُّ (yuʕāllu), verbal noun عِلَال (ʕilāl) or مُعَالَّة (muʕālla)) (Classical Arabic)

  1. to engage in milking constantly, to milk morning, noon, and night, to milk before an udder is at full capacity or has had time to recover
Conjugation

References

Etymology 4

Derived from the active participle of the verb form I from the root ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y).

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ l y)
20 terms

Pronunciation

Adjective

عَالٍ (ʕālin) (feminine عَالِيَة (ʕāliya), masculine plural عَالُونَ (ʕālūna), feminine plural عَالِيَات (ʕāliyāt) or عَوَالٍ (ʕawālin), elative أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā))[1]

  1. active participle of عَلَا (ʕalā) or active participle of عَلِيَ (ʕaliya).
  2. high
  3. exalted, lofty, excellent
Declension
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Descendants

Noun

عَالٍ (ʕālinm (construct state عَالِي (ʕālī))

  1. The upper part of something
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 11:82:
      فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّنْ سِجِّيلٍ مَّنْضُودٍ
      falammā jāʔa ʔamrunā jaʕalnā ʕāliyahā sāfilahā wa-ʔamṭarnā ʕalayhā ḥijāratan min sijjīlin manḍūdin
      So when Our command came, We made the highest part its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay.
Declension

References

  1. ^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “علو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN.