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عُلْوِيّ

upper

AdjectiveRoot ع-ل-ي

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Feminine
عُلْوِيَّة
Masculine plural
عُلْوِيُّون
Feminine plural
عُلْوِيَّات

Most common words from the same root

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

عُلْوِيّ in English

Adjective

  1. upper
  2. high, lofty
  3. roof, upstairs, overhead
  4. sublime, exalted
  5. heavenly, divine, celestial, astral, ethereal, empyreal

Word origin

عُلُوّ (ʕuluww, “height, grandeur”) + ـِيّ (-iyy), with a modified version of عُلُوّ (ʕuluww).

Words from the root ع-ل-ي

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عَلَا · present يَعْلُو

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

عُلُوّ
Verbal noun
highness
Active participle · Adjective
high
عَالٍ
Active participle
The upper part of something
مَعْلُوّ
Passive participle
عَلِيَ · present يَعْلَى

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

عَلَاء
Verbal noun
highness
عَلِيّ
Active participle · Adjective
high
عَلَى · present يَعْلِي

to climb

عَلْي
Verbal noun
عَلَيَان
Verbal noun
highness
عَالٍ
Active participle
مَعْلِيّ
Passive participle
عَلَّى · present يُعَلِّي

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

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

اِعْتِلَاء
Verbal noun
mounting
مُعْتَلٍ
Active participle · Adjective
mounting
مُعْتَلًى
Passive participle
اِسْتَعْلَى · present يَسْتَعْلِي

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

عُلْوِيّ: plural and other forms

Singularعُلْوِيّ
Feminineعُلْوِيَّة
Masculine pluralعُلْوِيُّون
Feminine pluralعُلْوِيَّات

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