Arabic edit

Preposition edit

עלי (ʕalā)

  1. 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

Root
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 ('elim

  1. Eli, an Israelite high priest.
  2. a male given name, Eli

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)

Cognate to Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā), Maltese għal.

Preposition edit

עֲלֵי ('aléi)

  1. (biblical, poetic) Alternative form of עַל ('al)

Preposition edit

עָלַי (aláy)

  1. 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)

  1. upper

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