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]
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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
    الجليل الأعلىil-jalīl il-ʔaʕlaUpper Galilee
    الناصرة العلياin-nāṣre l-ʕulyaUpper Nazareth
    Antonym: أسفل (ʔasfal)
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