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ع-ل-ي

The Arabic root ع-ل-ي (a-l-y)

Form I verb عَلَا: to be exalted

30 words in the dictionary are built from ع-ل-ي, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, VI, VIII, X, XII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form VI
to rise
Adjective
advanced
Adjective
high
Adjective
upper
Verb · Form I
عَلَا
to be exalted
Noun
أَعْلَى
highest part
Noun
عِلِّيَّة
attic
Adjective
عَلِيّ
high

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

عَلَا · present يَعْلُو
Form I · The plain action

to be exalted, high; to tower over (someone, something); to exceed

عُلُوّ
Verbal noun
highness
Active participle
high
عَالٍ
Active participle
The upper part of something
مَعْلُوّ
Passive participle
عَلِيَ · present يَعْلَى
Form I · The plain action

to be exalted, high; to excel, to stand out

عَلَاء
Verbal noun
highness
عَلِيّ
Active participle
high
عَلَى · present يَعْلِي
Form I · The plain action

to climb

عَلْي
Verbal noun
عَلَيَان
Verbal noun
highness
عَالٍ
Active participle
مَعْلِيّ
Passive participle
عَلَّى · present يُعَلِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive

to raise (a building); to raise, to lift, to elevate (someone/something); to exalt

تَعْلِيَة
Verbal noun
elevating
مُعَلٍّ
Active participle
مُعَلًّى
Passive participle
أَعْلَى · present يُعْلِي
Form IV · Causative

to raise, make higher; to lift up, hoist, elevate, uplift, exalt

إِعْلَاء
Verbal noun
raising
مُعْلٍ
Active participle
مُعْلًى
Passive participle
تَعَالَى · present يَتَعَالَى
Form VI · Mutual action

to rise, ascend; to resound; to look down on

تَعَالٍ
Verbal noun
مُتَعَالٍ
Active participle
مُتَعَالًى
Passive participle
اِعْتَلَى · present يَعْتَلِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to ascend, to step up, to mount, to board

اِعْتِلَاء
Verbal noun
mounting
مُعْتَلٍ
Active participle
mounting
مُعْتَلًى
Passive participle
اِسْتَعْلَى · present يَسْتَعْلِي
Form X · Seeking or considering

to rise, to tower; to master; to appropriate, to seize possession of

اِسْتِعْلَاء
Verbal noun
مُسْتَعْلٍ
Active participle
مُسْتَعْلًى
Passive participle
اِعْلَوْلَى · present يَعْلَوْلِي
Form XII

to mount, ascend

اِعْلِيلَاء
Verbal noun
مُعْلَوْلٍ
Active participle
مُعْلَوْلًى
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Adjective
advanced
Adjective
upper
أَعْلَى
Noun
highest part
عِلِّيَّة
Noun
attic
عَلَوِيّ
Adjective
Alawi
عَلَوِيّ
Noun
Alawi
عَالِي
Adverb
over
عَلًا
Noun
worktop
عَلْيَاء
Noun
elevation

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