See also: غلا

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Hebrew עָלָה (ʿālã́).

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

عَلَا (ʕalā) I, non-past يَعْلُو‎ (yaʕlū)

  1. to be exalted, high
  2. to tower over (someone, something)
  3. to exceed
  4. to rise
  5. to overwhelm
  6. to climb (something)
  7. to cover

Conjugation edit

Adjective edit

عُلًا (ʕulanf pl

  1. feminine plural of أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā)

Noun edit

عَلًا (ʕalanm (collective, singulative عَلَاة f (ʕalāh), paucal عَلَوَات (ʕalawāt))

  1. (obsolete) worktop, a rock or iron on which tools are smithed or أَقِط (ʔaqiṭ) cooked
    • a. 728, Jarīr, poetized:
      وَأَوْرَثَكَ القَيْنٌ الْعَلَاةَ وَمِرْجَلًا … وَإِصْلَاحَ أَخْرَاتِ الْفُؤُوسِ الْكَرَازِمِ
      waʔawraṯaka l-qaynun al-ʕalāta wamirjalan … waʔiṣlāḥa ʔaḵrāti l-fuʔūsi l-karāzimi
      Your heiresses: the smith on the anvil and boiling pot … and the mending the nicks in the hafted axe-blades

Declension edit