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أولى‎

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See also: اولی, اولي, and أولي

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Verb

أَوْلَى (ʔawlā) IV (non-past يُولِي (yūlī), verbal noun إِيلَاء (ʔīlāʔ))

  1. (ditransitive) to entrust to
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...
References
  • Mace, John (2007), “أولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Elative from وَلِيّ (waliyy, near).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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
Declension
More information singular, masculine ...
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: اولیٰ (evlâ)
  • Persian: اولیٰ (owlâ)
  • Urdu: اولیٰ (aulā)
  • Uzbek: avlo
References

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

أُولَى (ʔūlā) f

  1. feminine singular of أَوَّل (ʔawwal)

Noun

أُولَى (ʔūlā) f

  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.
Declension
More information singular, singular invariable ...

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Pronoun

أُولَى (ʾulā) c pl

  1. these; alternative form of أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi)
Derived terms
  • أُولَالِكَ (ʔulālika)
  • أُولَاكَ (ʔulāka)

Etymology 5

Verb

أُولَى (ʔūlā) (form I) /ʔuː.laː/

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