أعلى

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Arabic

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ l y)
21 terms

Etymology 1.1

Morphologically from the root ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā) (feminine عُلْيَا (ʕulyā), masculine plural أَعْلَوْنَ (ʔaʕlawna) or أَعَالٍ (ʔaʕālin), feminine plural عُلْيَيَات (ʕulyayāt) or عُلًا (ʕulan) or عُلًى (ʕulan))

  1. elative degree of عَالٍ (ʕālin) and عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy):
    1. higher; highest
    2. upper; uppermost
  2. advanced, superior
Declension
Descendants

Noun

أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlām (plural أَعَالٍ (ʔaʕālin))

  1. highest part, top
    سَقَطَ مِنْ أَعْلَى الْمَبْنَى
    saqaṭa min ʔaʕlā l-mabnā
    He fell from the top of the building.
Declension

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā) IV (non-past يُعْلِي (yuʕlī), verbal noun إِعْلَاء (ʔiʕlāʔ))

  1. (transitive) to raise, make higher
  2. (transitive) to lift up, hoist, elevate, uplift, exalt
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أعلى (form I)

  1. أُعْلَى (ʔuʕlā) /ʔuʕ.laː/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive of عَلَا (ʕalā) and عَلَى (ʕalā, to climb)
  2. أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā) /ʔaʕ.laː/: first-person singular non-past active indicative/subjunctive of عَلِيَ (ʕaliya, to be exalted, to be high; to excel)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ل ي
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.la/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

أعلى (ʔaʕla) (feminine عليا (ʕulya))

  1. elative degree of عالي (ʕāli): higher, highest, maximum
    Synonym: أقصى (ʔaqṣa)
    Antonym: أدنى (ʔadna)
    الحدّ الأعلى للسرعة ستّين كيلومتر بالساعة.
    il-ḥadd il-ʔaʕla las-surʕa sittīn kīlomitr bis-sāʕa
    The maximum speed limit is sixty kilometers per hour.
  2. (in places names) upper
    Antonym: أسفل (ʔasfal)
    الجليل الأعلىil-jalīl il-ʔaʕlaUpper Galilee
    الناصرة العلياin-nāṣre l-ʕulyaUpper Nazareth