علا

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See also: غلا

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Cognate with Hebrew עָלָה (ʿālã́).

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ l y)
20 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

عَلَا (ʕalā) I (non-past يَعْلُو (yaʕlū), verbal noun عُلُوّ (ʕuluww))

  1. to be exalted, high
  2. to tower over (someone, something)
  3. to exceed
  4. to rise
  5. to overwhelm
  6. to climb (something)
  7. to cover
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Adjective

عُلًا (ʕulanf pl

  1. feminine plural of أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā, higher, upper; superior)

Noun

عَلًا (ʕalanm (collective, singulative عَلَاة f (ʕalāh), paucal عَلَوَات (ʕalawāt))

  1. (obsolete) worktop, a rock or iron on which tools are smithed or أَقِط (ʔaqiṭ) cooked
    • a. 728, Jarīr, poetized:
      وَأَوْرَثَكَ القَيْنٌ الْعَلَاةَ وَمِرْجَلًا … وَإِصْلَاحَ أَخْرَاتِ الْفُؤُوسِ الْكَرَازِمِ
      waʔawraṯaka l-qaynun al-ʕalāta wamirjalan … waʔiṣlāḥa ʔaḵrāti l-fuʔūsi l-karāzimi
      Your heiresses: the smith on the anvil and boiling pot … and the mending the nicks in the hafted axe-blades
Declension