أولي

أولي

See also: اولي‎, اولی‎, and أولى‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaw.wa.lijj/

Adjective

أَوَّلِيّ • (ʾawwaliyy) m, feminine أَوَّلِيَّة‎ (ʾawwaliyya), masculine plural أَوَّلِيُّون‎ (ʾawwaliyyūn), feminine plural 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔu.liː/

Noun

أُولِي • (ʾulī) m pl

1. genitive plural of ذُو‎ (ḏū)
2. accusative plural of ذُو‎ (ḏū)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: اولی‎ (üli, uli)
• → Persian: اولی‎ (oli, uli)
• → Urdu: اولی‎ (ulī)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أَوِّلِي • (ʾawwilī) (form II)

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

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)