aleyh

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish علیه (ʿaleyh), from Arabic عَلَيْهِ (ʕalayhi, “upon him”), form of عَلَى (ʕalā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlejh/
• Hyphenation: a‧leyh

Noun

aleyh (definite accusative aleyhi, plural aleyhler)

1. (chiefly in possessive, with dative or locative) Being in opposition, contrariness or detriment to or of someone or something.
   • 1946 January 6, headline on page 1 of Cumhuriyet:

     İki gazete aleyhine açılan davalar

     Lawsuits filed against two newspapers

   • 2019 March 30, “TRT’nin 16-20 mart tarihleri arasında, Cumhur İttifakı’na verilen sürenin, Millet İttifakı’na göre 9 misli arttığını ortaya koydu.”, in Cumhuriyet:

     Sadece, Cumhur İttifakı’nı destekleyen 10 özel kanal, Millet İttifakı’na lehinde hiçbir habere yer vermeyip, sadece aleyhte yayın yaptı.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Antonym: leh

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	aleyh
Definite accusative	aleyhi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aleyh	aleyhler
Definite accusative	aleyhi	aleyhleri
Dative	aleyhe	aleyhlere
Locative	aleyhte	aleyhlerde
Ablative	aleyhten	aleyhlerden
Genitive	aleyhin	aleyhlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular aleyhim aleyhlerim 2nd singular aleyhin aleyhlerin 3rd singular aleyhi aleyhleri 1st plural aleyhimiz aleyhlerimiz 2nd plural aleyhiniz aleyhleriniz 3rd plural aleyhleri aleyhleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular aleyhimi aleyhlerimi 2nd singular aleyhini aleyhlerini 3rd singular aleyhini aleyhlerini 1st plural aleyhimizi aleyhlerimizi 2nd plural aleyhinizi aleyhlerinizi 3rd plural aleyhlerini aleyhlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular aleyhime aleyhlerime 2nd singular aleyhine aleyhlerine 3rd singular aleyhine aleyhlerine 1st plural aleyhimize aleyhlerimize 2nd plural aleyhinize aleyhlerinize 3rd plural aleyhlerine aleyhlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular aleyhimde aleyhlerimde 2nd singular aleyhinde aleyhlerinde 3rd singular aleyhinde aleyhlerinde 1st plural aleyhimizde aleyhlerimizde 2nd plural aleyhinizde aleyhlerinizde 3rd plural aleyhlerinde aleyhlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular aleyhimden aleyhlerimden 2nd singular aleyhinden aleyhlerinden 3rd singular aleyhinden aleyhlerinden 1st plural aleyhimizden aleyhlerimizden 2nd plural aleyhinizden aleyhlerinizden 3rd plural aleyhlerinden aleyhlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular aleyhimin aleyhlerimin 2nd singular aleyhinin aleyhlerinin 3rd singular aleyhinin aleyhlerinin 1st plural aleyhimizin aleyhlerimizin 2nd plural aleyhinizin aleyhlerinizin 3rd plural aleyhlerinin aleyhlerinin

Derived terms

• aleyhe dönmek
• aleyhinde olmak
• aleyhtar (“opposed; opponent”)

 

See also

• binaenaleyh
• mahkumunaleyh
• rahmetullahi aleyh
• sallallahu aleyhi ve sellem

 

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “علیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 859
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aleyh”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Further reading

• “aleyh”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aleyh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 203