على

See also: علي, علی, غلى, and غلي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Cognate with Hebrew עַל ('al), עֲלֵי ('aléi), Aramaic עַל (ʿal). Morphologically from the root ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.laː/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -aː
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: عَلَا (ʕalā)

Preposition

عَلَى • (ʕalā)

1. on
2. over or against
3. expresses obligation in the form عَلَيْهُ أَنْ (ʕalayhu ʔan, “one must (do)”) followed by a subjunctive form

   عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَدْرُسَ كَْي تَنْجَحَ.

   ʕalayka ʔan tadrusa kay tanjaḥa.

   You have to study to be successful

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					عَلَى (ʿalā)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	عَلَيَّ (ʿalayya)		عَلَيْنَا (ʿalaynā)
Second person	عَلَيْكَ (ʿalayka)	عَلَيْكِ (ʿalayki)	عَلَيْكُمَا (ʿalaykumā)	عَلَيْكُمْ (ʿalaykum)	عَلَيْكُنَّ (ʿalaykunna)
Third person	عَلَيْهِ (ʿalayhi)	عَلَيْهَا (ʿalayhā)	عَلَيْهِمَا (ʿalayhimā)	عَلَيْهِمْ (ʿalayhim)	عَلَيْهِنَّ (ʿalayhinna)

Antonyms

• لِـ (li-)

Etymology 2

Morphologically from the root ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.laː/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: عَلَا (ʕalā)

Verb

1. (transitive) to climb.

Etymology 3

Morphologically from the root ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕu.lan/

Noun

عُلًى • (ʕulan) m

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “على”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 215–216
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “على”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 353–356
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “على”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Egyptian Arabic

Preposition

على • (ʿalā)

1. on

Inflection

Inflected forms of على
Base form					على (ʕalā)
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		عليّ (ʕalayya)		علينا (ʕaleena)
2nd person		عليك (ʕaleek)	عليك (ʕaleeki)	عليكوا (ʕaleeko)
3rd person		عليه (ʕaleeh)	عليها (ʕaleeha)	عليهم (ʕaleehom)

Synonyms

• ع