See also: اولی, اولي, and أولي

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Compare وَلِيَ (waliya, to be near, to govern).

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Verb edit

أَوْلَى (ʔawlā) IV, non-past يُولِي‎ (yūlī)

  1. (ditransitive) to entrust to
Conjugation edit
References edit
  • Mace, John (2007) “أولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Elative from وَلِيّ (waliyy, near).

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Adjective edit

أَوْلَى (ʔawlā) (feminine وُلْيَا (wulyā), masculine dual أَوْلَيَان (ʔawlayān), feminine dual وُلْيَيَان (wulyayān), masculine plural أَوْلَوْن (ʔawlawn) or أَوَالٍ (ʔawālin), feminine plural وُلْيَيَات (wulyayāt) or وُلًى (wulan))

  1. elative degree of وَلِيّ (waliyy):
    1. nearer; nearest
  2. worthier; worthiest
  3. more appropriate; most appropriate
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Descendants edit
  • Ottoman Turkish: اولیٰ (evlâ)
  • Persian: اولیٰ (owlâ)
  • Urdu: اولیٰ (aulā)
  • Uzbek: avlo
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Etymology 3 edit

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Adjective edit

أُولَى (ʔūlāf

  1. feminine singular of أَوَّل (ʔawwal)

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أُولَى (ʔūlāf

  1. (singular only, with the definite article, Islam) Synonym of دُنْيَا (dunyā)
    Synonym: دُنْيَا (dunyā)
    Antonym: آخِرَة (ʔāḵira)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:70:
      لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِي ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْآخِرَة
      lahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ʔūlā wa-l-ʔāḵira
      To Him [is due] all praise on Earth and in the Hereafter.
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Etymology 4 edit

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Pronoun edit

أُولَى (ʾulāc pl

  1. these; alternative form of أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi)
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Etymology 5 edit

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Verb edit

أُولَى (ʔūlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ (waliya)
  2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)