علا

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See also: غلا

Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Hebrew עָלָה (ʿālã́).

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

عَلَا (ʕalā) I, non-past يَعْلُو‎ (yaʕlū)

  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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

عُلًا (ʕulanf pl

  1. feminine plural of أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā)

Noun[edit]

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[edit]