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استعلى

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Arabic

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Root
ع ل ي (ʕ l y)
20 terms

Verb

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اِسْتَعْلَى (istaʕlā) X (non-past يَسْتَعْلِي (yastaʕlī), verbal noun اِسْتِعْلَاء (istiʕlāʔ))

  1. to rise, to tower [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘above someone/something’]
  2. to master [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]
  3. to appropriate, to seize possession of [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]
  4. (transitive) to climb (a tree, etc.)
  5. (transitive) to subdue, to overcome (someone)
  6. to prevail, to win
  7. to be arrogant, to be haughty

Conjugation

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “علي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • استعلى” in Almaany