עלי
Arabic edit
Preposition edit
עלי • (ʕalā)
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of عَلَى (ʕalā, “on, upon, over”)
- c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir[1], Exodus 1:8:
- וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃
- waqāma malikun jadīdun ʕalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.
- And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.
Hebrew edit
Etymology 1 edit
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ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʿall-, *ʿaly- (“high; height, elevation”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿal-, *ʿVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise; mountain”).
Related to Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, “to be high, exalted; Ali (exalted one)”), Maltese għoli.
Proper noun edit
עֵלִי • ('eli) m
- Eli, an Israelite high priest.
- a male given name, Eli
Etymology 2 edit
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ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h) |
Cognate to Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā), Maltese għal.
Preposition edit
עֲלֵי • ('aléi)
Preposition edit
עָלַי • (aláy)
- Form of עַל including first-person singular personal pronoun as object, defective spelling.
Etymology 3 edit
Adjective edit
עִלִּי • (ilí) (feminine עִלִּית, masculine plural עִלִּים or עִלִּיִּים, feminine plural עִלִּיּוֹת)