علت

See also: غلب, غلت, علب, and علة

Arabic

Verb

عَلَتْ • (ʕalat) (form I)

1. third-person feminine singular past active of عَلَا (ʕalā)
2. third-person feminine singular past active of عَلَى (ʕalā)

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Persian

Alternative forms

• علّت (ellat) — with a tashdid.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic عِلَّة (ʕilla).

Noun

علت • (ellat) (plural علل (elal) or علت‌ها (ellat-hâ))

1. cause, reason
2. (archaic) disease