علي

See also: على, علی, غلى, and غلي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y)

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʿall-, *ʿaly- (“to be high; exalted”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿal-, *ʿVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise, ascend”).

Cognate with Hebrew עָלָה (ʿalá, “to ascend, rise, grow, develop”), Hebrew עלי (ʿeli, “ascent”) and thereby Eli.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕa.li.ja/
Rhymes: -ijj

Verb

عَلِيَ • (ʕaliya) I, non-past يَعْلَى‎ (yaʕlā)

(intransitive) to be exalted, high
(intransitive) to excel, to stand out

Conjugation

Conjugation of

عَلِيَ

(form-I final-weak, verbal noun عَلَاء)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					عَلَاء ʕalāʔ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					عَالٍ ʕālin
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عَلِيتُ ʕalītu	عَلِيتَ ʕalīta	عَلِيَ ʕaliya	عَلِيتُمَا ʕalītumā	عَلِيَا ʕaliyā	عَلِينَا ʕalīnā	عَلِيتُمْ ʕalītum	عَلُوا ʕalū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	عَلِيتُ ʕalītu	عَلِيتِ ʕalīti	عَلِيَتْ ʕaliyat	عَلِيتُمَا ʕalītumā	عَلِيَتَا ʕaliyatā	عَلِينَا ʕalīnā	عَلِيتُنَّ ʕalītunna	عَلِينَ ʕalīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَعْلَى ʔaʕlā	تَعْلَى taʕlā	يَعْلَى yaʕlā	تَعْلَيَانِ taʕlayāni	يَعْلَيَانِ yaʕlayāni	نَعْلَى naʕlā	تَعْلَوْنَ taʕlawna	يَعْلَوْنَ yaʕlawna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَعْلَى ʔaʕlā	تَعْلَيْنَ taʕlayna	تَعْلَى taʕlā	تَعْلَيَانِ taʕlayāni	تَعْلَيَانِ taʕlayāni	نَعْلَى naʕlā	تَعْلَيْنَ taʕlayna	يَعْلَيْنَ yaʕlayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَعْلَى ʔaʕlā	تَعْلَى taʕlā	يَعْلَى yaʕlā	تَعْلَيَا taʕlayā	يَعْلَيَا yaʕlayā	نَعْلَى naʕlā	تَعْلَوْا taʕlaw	يَعْلَوْا yaʕlaw
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَعْلَى ʔaʕlā	تَعْلَيْ taʕlay	تَعْلَى taʕlā	تَعْلَيَا taʕlayā	تَعْلَيَا taʕlayā	نَعْلَى naʕlā	تَعْلَيْنَ taʕlayna	يَعْلَيْنَ yaʕlayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَعْلَ ʔaʕla	تَعْلَ taʕla	يَعْلَ yaʕla	تَعْلَيَا taʕlayā	يَعْلَيَا yaʕlayā	نَعْلَ naʕla	تَعْلَوْا taʕlaw	يَعْلَوْا yaʕlaw
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَعْلَ ʔaʕla	تَعْلَيْ taʕlay	تَعْلَ taʕla	تَعْلَيَا taʕlayā	تَعْلَيَا taʕlayā	نَعْلَ naʕla	تَعْلَيْنَ taʕlayna	يَعْلَيْنَ yaʕlayna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِعْلَ iʕla		اِعْلَيَا iʕlayā			اِعْلَوْا iʕlaw
imperative الْأَمْر	f		اِعْلَيْ iʕlay		اِعْلَيَا iʕlayā			اِعْلَيْنَ iʕlayna

Etymology 2

From the root ع ل و (ʕ-l-w) or ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕa.lijj/

Adjective

عَلِيّ • (ʕaliyy) (feminine عَلِيَّة (ʕaliyya), masculine plural عَلِيُّونَ (ʕaliyyūna) or عِلْيَة (ʕilya), feminine plural عَلِيَّات (ʕaliyyāt), elative أَعْلَىٰ (ʔaʕlā))

high, tall
exalted, lofty, excellent

Declension

Declension of adjective عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَلِي ʕalī	الْعَلِي al-ʕalī	عَلِيَّة ʕaliyya	الْعَلِيَّة al-ʕaliyya
Nominative	عَلِيٌّ ʕaliyyun	الْعَلِيُّ al-ʕaliyyu	عَلِيَّةٌ ʕaliyyatun	الْعَلِيَّةُ al-ʕaliyyatu
Accusative	عَلِيًّا ʕaliyyan	الْعَلِيَّ al-ʕaliyya	عَلِيَّةً ʕaliyyatan	الْعَلِيَّةَ al-ʕaliyyata
Genitive	عَلِيٍّ ʕaliyyin	الْعَلِيِّ al-ʕaliyyi	عَلِيَّةٍ ʕaliyyatin	الْعَلِيَّةِ al-ʕaliyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَلِيَّيْن ʕaliyyayn	الْعَلِيَّيْن al-ʕaliyyayn	عَلِيَّتَيْن ʕaliyyatayn	الْعَلِيَّتَيْن al-ʕaliyyatayn
Nominative	عَلِيَّانِ ʕaliyyāni	الْعَلِيَّانِ al-ʕaliyyāni	عَلِيَّتَانِ ʕaliyyatāni	الْعَلِيَّتَانِ al-ʕaliyyatāni
Accusative	عَلِيَّيْنِ ʕaliyyayni	الْعَلِيَّيْنِ al-ʕaliyyayni	عَلِيَّتَيْنِ ʕaliyyatayni	الْعَلِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʕaliyyatayni
Genitive	عَلِيَّيْنِ ʕaliyyayni	الْعَلِيَّيْنِ al-ʕaliyyayni	عَلِيَّتَيْنِ ʕaliyyatayni	الْعَلِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʕaliyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَلِيِّين‎; عِلْيَة ʕaliyyīn‎; ʕilya	الْعَلِيِّين‎; الْعِلْيَة al-ʕaliyyīn‎; al-ʕilya	عَلِيَّات ʕaliyyāt	الْعَلِيَّات al-ʕaliyyāt
Nominative	عَلِيُّونَ‎; عِلْيَةٌ ʕaliyyūna‎; ʕilyatun	الْعَلِيُّونَ‎; الْعِلْيَةُ al-ʕaliyyūna‎; al-ʕilyatu	عَلِيَّاتٌ ʕaliyyātun	الْعَلِيَّاتُ al-ʕaliyyātu
Accusative	عَلِيِّينَ‎; عِلْيَةً ʕaliyyīna‎; ʕilyatan	الْعَلِيِّينَ‎; الْعِلْيَةَ al-ʕaliyyīna‎; al-ʕilyata	عَلِيَّاتٍ ʕaliyyātin	الْعَلِيَّاتِ al-ʕaliyyāti
Genitive	عَلِيِّينَ‎; عِلْيَةٍ ʕaliyyīna‎; ʕilyatin	الْعَلِيِّينَ‎; الْعِلْيَةِ al-ʕaliyyīna‎; al-ʕilyati	عَلِيَّاتٍ ʕaliyyātin	الْعَلِيَّاتِ al-ʕaliyyāti

Synonyms

عَالٍ (ʕālin)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: علی (alî)
→ Persian: علی ('ali)

(via feminine form عَلِيَّة (ʕaliyya)):

→ Ottoman Turkish: علیه (aliyye)
- Turkish: aliyye
→ Persian: علیه ('aliyye)

Proper noun

عَلِيّ • (ʕaliyy) m

a male given name, Ali
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Ali's marriage to the Islamic prophet's daughter, Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, recognized as the Islamic prophet's fourth rightly-guided successor in most of Sunni Islam and as the Islamic prophet's first legitimate successor in Shia Islam

Declension

Declension of noun عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	عَلِي ʕalī	—
Nominative	—	عَلِيٌّ ʕaliyyun	—
Accusative	—	عَلِيًّا ʕaliyyan	—
Genitive	—	عَلِيٍّ ʕaliyyin	—

Derived terms

عَلَوِيّ (ʕalawiyy)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: Əli
→ Bashkir: Ғәли (Ğəli)
→ Bengali: আলী (alī)
→ English: Ali
→ Northern Luri: عںڵی (əłi)
→ Ottoman Turkish: علی (ali)
- → Turkish: Ali
→ Persian: علی ('ali)
→ Somali: Cali
→ Swahili: Ali
→ Tatar: Гали (Ğali)

Etymology 3

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕalj/

Noun

عَلْي • (ʕaly) m

verbal noun of عَلَى (ʕalā) (form I).

Declension

Declension of noun عَلْي (ʕaly)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَلْي ʕaly	الْعَلْي al-ʕaly	عَلْي ʕaly
Nominative	عَلْيٌ ʕalyun	الْعَلْيُ al-ʕalyu	عَلْيُ ʕalyu
Accusative	عَلْيًا ʕalyan	الْعَلْيَ al-ʕalya	عَلْيَ ʕalya
Genitive	عَلْيٍ ʕalyin	الْعَلْيِ al-ʕalyi	عَلْيِ ʕalyi

Etymology 4

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕu.li.ja/

Verb

عُلِيَ • (ʕuliya) (form I)

third-person masculine singular past passive of عَلَا (ʕalā)

Etymology 5

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕu.li.ja/

Verb

عُلِيَ • (ʕuliya) (form I)

third-person masculine singular past passive of عَلَى (ʕalā)

References

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

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ع ل ي
1 term

Etymology 1

From عَلَى (“on”) +‎ ـيَ (“me”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕalaj.ja/

Adverb

علي • (ʕalayya)

on me

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕali/

Proper noun

عَلِي • (ʕali) m

a male given name

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕal.li/

Verb

علي • (ʕalli)

second-person masculine singular active imperative of عَلَّى (ʕalla)
raise!

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ل ي
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيَ (ʕaliya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕi.li/,
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)

Verb

علي • (ʕili) I (present بعلى (biʕla))

to rise (the volume, one's voice, etc.)
Antonym: وطي (wiṭi)

Conjugation

Conjugation of علي (ʕili)
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	عليت (ʕlīt)	عليت (ʕlīt)	علي (ʕili)	علينا (ʕlīna)	عليتو (ʕlītu)	عليو (ʕilyu)
past	f	عليت (ʕlīt)	عليتي (ʕlīti)	عليت (ʕilyat)	علينا (ʕlīna)	عليتو (ʕlītu)	عليو (ʕilyu)
present	m	بعلى (baʕla)	بتعلى (btiʕla)	بعلى (biʕla)	بنعلى (mniʕla)	بتعلو (btiʕlu)	بعلو (biʕlu)
present	f	بعلى (baʕla)	بتعلي (btiʕli)	بتعلى (btiʕla)	بنعلى (mniʕla)	بتعلو (btiʕlu)	بعلو (biʕlu)
subjunctive	m	اعلى (aʕla)	تعلى (tiʕla)	يعلى (yiʕla)	نعلى (niʕla)	تعلو (tiʕlu)	يعلو (yiʕlu)
subjunctive	f	اعلى (aʕla)	تعلي (tiʕli)	تعلى (tiʕla)	نعلى (niʕla)	تعلو (tiʕlu)	يعلو (yiʕlu)
imperative	m		اعلى (iʕla)			اعلو (iʕlu)
imperative	f		اعلي (iʕli)			اعلو (iʕlu)

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

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