أعلى

See also: أعلي‎, أغلى‎, اغلي‎, اعلي‎, أغلي‎, اعلی‎, and اعلیٰ‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Morphologically from the root ع ل و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

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
  • → Indonesian: ala
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اعلی‎
  • → Persian: اعلی‎ (a'lâ)
  • → Tajik: аъло (aʾlo)
  • → Uzbek: a’lo

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 و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

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 و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

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 و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

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 و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

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 و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

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 و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.laː/

Morphologically from the root ع ل و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

Verb

أَعْلَى • (ʔaʕlā) (form I)

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

Etymology 8

Morphologically from the root ع ل و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

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

Etymology

From Arabic أَعْلَى‎ (ʔaʕlā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.la/, [ˈʔaʕ.la]
  • (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
    ‏الجليل الأعلى‎ ― il-jalīl il-ʔaʕla ― Upper Galilee
    ‏الناصرة العليا‎ ― in-nāṣre l-ʕulya ― Upper Nazareth
    Antonym: أسفل‎ (ʔasfal)
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