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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