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أولى
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Arabic
Etymology 1
Compare وَلِيَ (waliya, “to be near, to govern”).
Pronunciation
Verb
أَوْلَى • (ʔawlā) IV (non-past يُولِي (yūlī), verbal noun إِيلَاء (ʔīlāʔ))
- (ditransitive) to entrust to
Conjugation
References
- Mace, John (2007), “أولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
Etymology 2
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))
- elative degree of وَلِيّ (waliyy):
- worthier; worthiest
- more appropriate; most appropriate
Declension
Derived terms
- مِنْ بَابِ أَوْلَى (min bābi ʔawlā)
Descendants
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أولى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Adjective
أُولَى • (ʔūlā) f
Noun
أُولَى • (ʔūlā) f
Declension
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Pronoun
أُولَى • (ʾulā) c pl
Derived terms
- أُولَالِكَ (ʔulālika)
- أُولَاكَ (ʔulāka)
Etymology 5
Verb
أُولَى • (ʔūlā) (form I) /ʔuː.laː/
- first-person singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)
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