أولي
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))
- prime, primary, primordial, original, initial, first
- elemental, fundamental, basic
- principal, chief, main
- elementary
- primitive, pristine, primeval
- 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 • (ʔulī) m pl
Descendants
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
أَوِّلِي • (ʔawwilī) (form II) /ʔaw.wi.liː/
- second-person feminine singular imperative of أَوَّلَ (ʔawwala)
Etymology 4
Verb
أولي (form IV)
- أُولِيَ (ʔūliya) /ʔuː.li.ja/: inflection of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā):
- third-person masculine singular past passive
- first-person singular non-past active subjunctive
- أُولِي (ʔūlī) /ʔuː.liː/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
- أَوْلِي (ʔawlī) /ʔaw.liː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)