Appendix:Arabic roots/ع ل ي

Arabic

Etymology

See Proto-Semitic *ʕaly- and *ʕalay-. Compare Hebrew ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h) and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܥ ܠ ܐ (ˁ l ˀ).

Root

ع ل ي • (ʕ l y)

1. related to ascent, rising

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: عَلَى (ʕalā)
  • Verbal noun: عَلَاء (ʕalāʔ), عَلَيَان ( ʕalayān)
  • Active participle: عَالٍ (ʕālin)
  • Passive participle: مَعْلِيّ (maʕliyy)
• Form II: عَلَّى (ʕallā)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْلِيَة (taʕliya)
  • Active participle: مُعَلٍّ (muʕallin)
  • Passive participle: مُعَلًّى (muʕallan)
• Form IV: أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْلَاء (ʔiʕlāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُعْلٍ (muʕlin)
  • Passive participle: مُعْلًى (muʕlan)
• Form V: تَعَلَّى (taʕallā)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَلٍّ (taʕallin)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَلٍّ (mutaʕallin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَلًّى (mutaʕallan)
• Form VI: تَعَالَى (taʕālā)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَالٍ (taʕālin)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَالٍ (mutaʕālin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَالًى (mutaʕālan)
• Form VIII: اِعْتَلَى (iʕtalā)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْتِلَاء (iʕtilāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُعْتَلٍ (muʕtalin)
  • Passive participle: مُعْتَلًى (muʕtalan)
• Form X: اِسْتَعْلَى (istaʕlā)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْلَاء (istiʕlāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعْلٍ (mustaʕlin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعْلًى (mustaʕlan)

Other terms

• إِعْلَاء (ʔiʕlāʔ, “elevation, raising”)
• أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā, “higher, highest”)
• تَعْلِيَة (taʕliya, “elevation, raising”)
• عَالٍ (ʕālin, “high”)
• عَلَاء (ʕalāʔ, “nobility”)
• عَلَايَة (ʕalāya, “height”)
• عَلَى (ʕalā, “on”)
• عَلْيَاء (ʕalyāʔ, “loftiness”)
• عُلِّيَة (ʕulliya, “upper room”)
• عِلِّيُّون (ʕilliyyūn, “uppermost heaven”)
• مُتَعَالٍ (mutaʕālin, “high, exalted”)

References

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