علا

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See also: غلا

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Cognate with Hebrew עָלָה (ʿālã́).

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ l y)
20 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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عَلَا (ʕalā) I (non-past يَعْلُو (yaʕlū), verbal noun عُلُوّ (ʕuluww))

  1. to be exalted, high
  2. to tower over (someone, something)
  3. to exceed
  4. to rise
  5. to overwhelm
  6. to climb (something)
  7. to cover
Conjugation
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Etymology 1.2

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Adjective

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عُلًا (ʕulanf pl

  1. feminine plural of أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā, higher, upper; superior)

Noun

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عَلًا (ʕalanm (collective, singulative عَلَاة f (ʕalāh), paucal عَلَوَات (ʕalawāt))

  1. (obsolete) worktop, a rock or iron on which tools are smithed or أَقِط (ʔaqiṭ) cooked
    • a. 728, Jarīr, poetized:
      وَأَوْرَثَكَ القَيْنٌ الْعَلَاةَ وَمِرْجَلًا … وَإِصْلَاحَ أَخْرَاتِ الْفُؤُوسِ الْكَرَازِمِ
      waʔawraṯaka l-qaynun al-ʕalāta wamirjalan … waʔiṣlāḥa ʔaḵrāti l-fuʔūsi l-karāzimi
      Your heiresses: the smith on the anvil and boiling pot … and the mending the nicks in the hafted axe-blades
Declension
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