آلي

Arabic

Root
ء ول‎ (ʔ-w-l)

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of آلَة‎ (ʔāla, “machine, device”) +‎ ـِيّ‎ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaː.lijj/

Adjective

آلِيّ • (ʔāliyy) (feminine آلِيَّة‎ (ʔāliyya), masculine plural آلِيُّونَ‎ (ʔāliyyūna), feminine plural آلِيَّات‎ (ʔāliyyāt))

  1. automatic, automated, mechanical
    ‏إِنْسَان آلِيّ‎‎ ― ʔinsān ʔāliyy ― robot
    ‏مُجِيب آلِيّ‎‎ ― mujīb ʔāliyy ― answering machine

Declension

References

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