See also: اولي, اولی, and أولى

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Relative adjective (nisba) composed of أَوَّل (ʔawwal, first) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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أَوَّلِيّ (ʔawwaliyy) (feminine أَوَّلِيَّة (ʔawwaliyya), masculine plural أَوَّلِيُّونَ (ʔawwaliyyūna), feminine plural أَوَّلِيَّات (ʔawwaliyyāt))

  1. prime, primary, primordial, original, initial, first
  2. elemental, fundamental, basic
  3. principal, chief, main
  4. elementary
  5. primitive, pristine, primeval
  6. a priori (in compounds)
Derived terms
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References

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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أُولِي (ʔulīm pl

  1. genitive plural of ذُو (ḏū)
  2. accusative plural of ذُو (ḏū)
Descendants
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  • Ottoman Turkish: اولی (üli, uli)
  • Persian: اولی (oli, uli)
  • Urdu: اولی (ulī)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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أَوِّلِي (ʔawwilī) (form II) /ʔaw.wi.liː/

  1. second-person feminine singular imperative of أَوَّلَ (ʔawwala)

Etymology 4

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Verb

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أولي (form IV)

  1. أُولِيَ (ʔūliya) /ʔuː.li.ja/: inflection of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā):
    1. third-person masculine singular past passive
    2. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive
  2. أُولِي (ʔūlī) /ʔuː.liː/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
  3. أَوْلِي (ʔawlī) /ʔaw.liː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)