أولى

See also: اولی‎, اولي‎, and أولي‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ل ي‎ (w-l-y); compare وَلِيَ‎ (waliya, “to be near, to govern”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaw.laː/

Verb

أَوْلَى • (ʔawlā) IV, non-past يُولِي‎‎ (yūlī)

  1. (ditransitive) to entrust to
Conjugation
References
  • Mace, John (2007), “أولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

Elative from وَلِيّ‎ (waliyy, “near”) and more generally from the root و ل ي‎ (w-l-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaw.laː/

Adjective

أَوْلَى • (ʔawlā) (feminine وُلْيَا‎ (wulyā), masculine dual أَوْلَيَان‎ (ʔawlayān), feminine dual وُلْيَيَان‎ (wulyayān), masculine plural أَوْلَوْن‎ (ʔawlawn) or أَوَالٍ‎ (ʔawālin), feminine plural وُلْيَيَات‎ (wulyayāt) or وُلًى‎ (wulan))

  1. elative degree of وَلِيّ‎ (waliyy):
    1. nearer; nearest
  2. worthier; worthiest
  3. more appropriate; most appropriate
Declension
Derived terms
  • مِنْ بَابِ أَوْلَى‎ (min bābi ʔawlā)
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اولیٰ‎ (evlâ)
  • → Persian: اولیٰ‎ (owlâ)
  • → Urdu: اولیٰ‎ (aulā)
  • → Uzbek: avlo
References

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuː.laː/

Adjective

أُولَى • (ʔūlā) f

  1. feminine singular of أَوَّل‎ (ʔawwal)

Noun

أُولَى • (ʔūlā) f

  1. (singular only, with the definite article, Islam) Synonym of دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā)
    Synonym: دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā)
    Antonym: آخِرَة‎ (ʔāḵira)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:70:
      ‏لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِي ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْآخِرَة‎
      lahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ʔūlā wa-l-ʔāḵira
      To Him [is due] all praise on Earth and in the Hereafter.
      (literally, “in the first [life]”)
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔu.laː/

Pronoun

أُولَى • (ʾulā) c pl

  1. these; alternative form of أُولَاءِ‎ (ʾulāʾi)
Derived terms
  • أُولَالِكَ‎ (ʔulālika)
  • أُولَاكَ‎ (ʔulāka)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuː.laː/

Verb

أُولَى • (ʔūlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ‎ (waliya)
  2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ‎ (waliya)
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