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Root ع ل و ʿ-l-w

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ع ل وʿ-l-w

(ن) عَلَا يَعْلُوْ عُلُوًّاʿalā yaʿlū ʿuluwwan: (1) to be high (2) to mount something, to ascend, to prevail over (3) to be insolent, to rebel.

عُلُوٌّʿuluww (also a noun, ism dhāt): height, greatness. ﴿وَلَعَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ﴾ (Al-Muʾminūn 23:91); ﴿تِلْكَ الدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِيْنَ لَا يُرِيْدُوْنَ عُلُوًّا فِي الْاَرْضِ﴾ (Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:83)

اَعْلٰىaʿlā, feminine عُلْيَاʿulyā (elative, ism tafḍīl, on the patterns of اَفْعَلُafʿalu and فُعْلٰىfuʿlā): higher, highest, prevailing; when attributed to Allah the Exalted it means supremely high, absolutely high. ﴿سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْاَعْلٰى﴾ (Al-Aʿlā 87:1)

عَالٍʿāl (active participle, ism fāʿil, also used as an adjective): one who rises high, i.e. high, lofty.

عَلِيٌّʿaliyy (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): high always and in every respect, most high.

عِلِّيٌّʿilliyy (noun, ism dhāt): height, loftiness. ﴿وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيْمُ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:255)

Form VI (tafāʿul) تَعَالٰى يَتَعَالٰى تَعَالِيًاtaʿālā yataʿālā taʿāliyan: to be higher than others.

تَعَالَtaʿāla pl. تَعَالَوْاtaʿālawā (imperative, amr): rise, get up; then mostly used in the sense of "come".

مُتَعَالٍmutaʿāl (active participle, ism fāʿil, also used as an adjective): higher than others, exalted. ﴿فَتَعٰلَي اللّٰهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ﴾ (Al-Muʾminūn 23:116)

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَعْلٰى يَسْتَعْلِيْ اِسْتِعْلَاءًistaʿlā yastaʿlī istiʿlāʾan: to strive for height or dominance, i.e. to be high, to prevail. ﴿وَقَدْ اَفْلَحَ الْيَوْمَ مَنِ اسْتَعْلٰى﴾ (Ṭā Hā 20:64)

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