أعلى

Arabic

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.laː/

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
  • Azerbaijani: əla
  • Chagatai: اعلی
    • Uyghur: ئەئلا (e'la)
    • Uzbek: a’lo
  • Indonesian: ala
  • Ottoman Turkish: اعلی
  • Persian: اعلی (a'lâ)
    • Tajik: аъло (aʾlo)

Noun

أَعْلَى • (ʔaʕlā) m (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 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.laː/

Verb

أَعْلَى • (ʔaʕlā) IV, non-past يُعْلِي‎ (yuʕlī)

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuʕ.laː/

Verb

أُعْلَى • (ʔuʕlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of عَلَا (ʕalā)

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuʕ.laː/

Verb

أُعْلَى • (ʔuʕlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of عَلَى (ʕalā)

Etymology 5

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuʕ.laː/

Verb

أُعْلَى • (ʔuʕlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَلَا (ʕalā)

Etymology 6

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuʕ.laː/

Verb

أُعْلَى • (ʔuʕlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَلَى (ʕalā)

Etymology 7

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.laː/

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

Verb

أَعْلَى • (ʔaʕlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of عَلِيَ (ʕaliya)

Etymology 8

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.laː/

Verb

أَعْلَى • (ʔaʕlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of عَلِيَ (ʕaliya)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ل ي
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.la/, [ˈʔaʕ.la]
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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
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