أولي

See also: اولي‎, اولی‎, and أولى‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of أَوَّل‎ (ʾawwal, “first”) +‎ ـِيّ‎ (-iyy).

Adjective

أَوَّلِيّ • (ʾawwaliyy) m, fem أَوَّلِيَّة‎ (ʾawwaliyya), masc pl أَوَّلِيُّون‎ (ʾawwaliyyūn), fem pl أَوَّلِيَّات‎ (ʾawwaliyyāt)

  1. prime, primary, primordial, original, initial, first
  2. elemental, fundamental, basic
  3. principal, chief, main
  4. elementary
  5. primitive, pristine, primeval
  6. a priori (in compounds)
Derived terms
  • جُسَيْم أَوَّلِيّ‎ (jusaym ʾawwaliyy, “elementary particle”)
  • عَدَد أَوَّلِيّ‎ (ʿadad ʾawwaliyy, “prime number”)
  • مَوَادّ أَوَّلِيَّة‎ (mawādd ʾawwaliyya, “raw materials”)
  • صُخُور أَوَّلِيَّة‎ (ṣuḵūr ʾawwaliyya, “mother rock”)
  • مَصَادِر أَوَّلِيَّة‎ (maṣādir ʾawwaliyya, “primary sources”)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “آل (اول)‎”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

أَوِّلِي • (ʾawwilī) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of أَوَّلَ‎ (ʾawwala)

Etymology 3

Verb

أُولِي • (ʾūlī) (form IV)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَوْلَى‎ (ʾawlā)

Verb

أُولِيَ • (ʾūliya) (form IV)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَوْلَى‎ (ʾawlā)
  2. third-person masculine singular past passive of أَوْلَى‎ (ʾawlā)

Verb

أَوْلِي • (ʾawlī) (form IV)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of أَوْلَى‎ (ʾawlā)
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