أولى

See also: اولی, اولي, and أولي

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ل ي (w-l-y); compare وَلِيَ (waliya, to be near, to govern).

Verb

أَوْلَى (ʾawlā) IV, non-past يُولِي‎ (yūlī)

  1. (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) and more generally from the root و ل ي (w-l-y).

Adjective

أَوْلَى (ʾawlā) (feminine وُلْيَا (wulyā), dual أَوْلَيَان (ʾawlayān), masculine plural أَوْلَوْن (ʾawlawn) or أَوَالٍ (ʾawālin), feminine plural وُلًى (wulan) or وُلْيَيَات (wulyayāt))

  1. elative degree of وَلِيّ (waliyy):
    1. nearer; nearest
  2. worthier; worthiest
  3. more appropriate; most appropriate
Declension
References

Etymology 3

Adjective

أُولَى (ʾūlā) f

  1. feminine singular of أَوَّل (ʾawwal)

Etymology 4

Verb

أُولَى (ʾūlā) (form I)

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