أولي

See also: اولي, اولی, and أولى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of أَوَّل (ʔawwal, first) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaw.wa.lijj/

Adjective

أَوَّلِيّ • (ʔawwaliyy) (feminine أَوَّلِيَّة (ʔawwaliyya), masculine plural أَوَّلِيُّونَ (ʔawwaliyyūna), feminine plural أَوَّلِيَّات (ʔawwaliyyāt))

  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 ʔawwaliyy, elementary particle)
  • عَدَد أَوَّلِيّ (ʕadad ʔawwaliyy, prime number)
  • مَوَادّ أَوَّلِيَّة (mawādd ʔawwaliyya, raw materials)
  • صُخُور أَوَّلِيَّة (ṣuḵūr ʔawwaliyya, mother rock)
  • مَصَادِر أَوَّلِيَّة (maṣādir ʔawwaliyya, 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 • (ʔulīm 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 • (ʔawwilī) (form II) /ʔaw.wi.liː/

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

Etymology 4

Verb

أولي (form IV)

  1. أُولِيَ (ʔūliya) /ʔuː.li.ja/: inflection of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā):
    1. third-person masculine singular past passive
    2. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive
  2. أُولِي (ʔūlī) /ʔuː.liː/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
  3. أَوْلِي (ʔawlī) /ʔaw.liː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)