علي

See also: على, علی, غلى, and غلي

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ l y)
21 terms

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʕall-, *ʕaly- (“to be high; exalted”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕal-, *ʕVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise, ascend”).

Cognate with Hebrew עָלָה (ʿalá, “to ascend, rise, grow, develop”), Hebrew עלי (ʿeli, “ascent”) and thereby Eli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.li.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ijj

Verb

عَلِيَ • (ʕaliya) I (non-past يَعْلَى (yaʕlā), verbal noun عَلَاء (ʕalāʔ))

  1. (intransitive) to be exalted, high
    Synonym: عَلَا (ʕalā)
    عَلِيَ ٱلْقَمَرُ فِي سَمَاءِ ٱللَّيْلِ
    ʕaliya l-qamaru fī samāʔi l-layli
    The moon rose up in the night sky.
  2. (intransitive) to excel, to stand out
    عَلِيَ فِي ٱلْمَجْدِ وَٱلْمَكَارِمِ
    ʕaliya fī l-majdi wal-makārimi
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of عَلِيَ (I, final-weak, i ~ a, no passive, verbal noun عَلَاء)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر 		عَلَاء
ʕalāʔ
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل 		عَلِيّ
ʕaliyy
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m عَلِيتُ
ʕalītu 		عَلِيتَ
ʕalīta 		عَلِيَ
ʕaliya 		عَلِيتُمَا
ʕalītumā 		عَلِيَا
ʕaliyā 		عَلِينَا
ʕalīnā 		عَلِيتُمْ
ʕalītum 		عَلُوا
ʕalū
f عَلِيتِ
ʕalīti 		عَلِيَتْ
ʕaliyat 		عَلِيَتَا
ʕaliyatā 		عَلِيتُنَّ
ʕalītunna 		عَلِينَ
ʕalīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أَعْلَى
ʔaʕlā 		تَعْلَى
taʕlā 		يَعْلَى
yaʕlā 		تَعْلَيَانِ
taʕlayāni 		يَعْلَيَانِ
yaʕlayāni 		نَعْلَى
naʕlā 		تَعْلَوْنَ
taʕlawna 		يَعْلَوْنَ
yaʕlawna
f تَعْلَيْنَ
taʕlayna 		تَعْلَى
taʕlā 		تَعْلَيَانِ
taʕlayāni 		تَعْلَيْنَ
taʕlayna 		يَعْلَيْنَ
yaʕlayna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أَعْلَى
ʔaʕlā 		تَعْلَى
taʕlā 		يَعْلَى
yaʕlā 		تَعْلَيَا
taʕlayā 		يَعْلَيَا
yaʕlayā 		نَعْلَى
naʕlā 		تَعْلَوْا
taʕlaw 		يَعْلَوْا
yaʕlaw
f تَعْلَيْ
taʕlay 		تَعْلَى
taʕlā 		تَعْلَيَا
taʕlayā 		تَعْلَيْنَ
taʕlayna 		يَعْلَيْنَ
yaʕlayna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أَعْلَ
ʔaʕla 		تَعْلَ
taʕla 		يَعْلَ
yaʕla 		تَعْلَيَا
taʕlayā 		يَعْلَيَا
yaʕlayā 		نَعْلَ
naʕla 		تَعْلَوْا
taʕlaw 		يَعْلَوْا
yaʕlaw
f تَعْلَيْ
taʕlay 		تَعْلَ
taʕla 		تَعْلَيَا
taʕlayā 		تَعْلَيْنَ
taʕlayna 		يَعْلَيْنَ
yaʕlayna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m اِعْلَ
iʕla 		اِعْلَيَا
iʕlayā 		اِعْلَوْا
iʕlaw
f اِعْلَيْ
iʕlay 		اِعْلَيْنَ
iʕlayna

Etymology 1.2

From the root ع ل و (ʕ l w) or ع ل ي (ʕ l y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.lijj/

Adjective

عَلِيّ • (ʕaliyy) (feminine عَلِيَّة (ʕaliyya), masculine plural عَلِيُّونَ (ʕaliyyūna) or عِلْيَة (ʕilya), feminine plural عَلِيَّات (ʕaliyyāt), elative أَعْلَىٰ (ʔaʕlā))

  1. high, tall[1]
  2. exalted, lofty, excellent
Declension
Declension of adjective عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal عَلِي
ʕalī 		الْعَلِي
al-ʕalī 		عَلِيَّة
ʕaliyya 		الْعَلِيَّة
al-ʕaliyya
nominative عَلِيٌّ
ʕaliyyun 		الْعَلِيُّ
al-ʕaliyyu 		عَلِيَّةٌ
ʕaliyyatun 		الْعَلِيَّةُ
al-ʕaliyyatu
accusative عَلِيًّا
ʕaliyyan 		الْعَلِيَّ
al-ʕaliyya 		عَلِيَّةً
ʕaliyyatan 		الْعَلِيَّةَ
al-ʕaliyyata
genitive عَلِيٍّ
ʕaliyyin 		الْعَلِيِّ
al-ʕaliyyi 		عَلِيَّةٍ
ʕaliyyatin 		الْعَلِيَّةِ
al-ʕaliyyati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal عَلِيَّيْن
ʕaliyyayn 		الْعَلِيَّيْن
al-ʕaliyyayn 		عَلِيَّتَيْن
ʕaliyyatayn 		الْعَلِيَّتَيْن
al-ʕaliyyatayn
nominative عَلِيَّانِ
ʕaliyyāni 		الْعَلِيَّانِ
al-ʕaliyyāni 		عَلِيَّتَانِ
ʕaliyyatāni 		الْعَلِيَّتَانِ
al-ʕaliyyatāni
accusative عَلِيَّيْنِ
ʕaliyyayni 		الْعَلِيَّيْنِ
al-ʕaliyyayni 		عَلِيَّتَيْنِ
ʕaliyyatayni 		الْعَلِيَّتَيْنِ
al-ʕaliyyatayni
genitive عَلِيَّيْنِ
ʕaliyyayni 		الْعَلِيَّيْنِ
al-ʕaliyyayni 		عَلِيَّتَيْنِ
ʕaliyyatayni 		الْعَلِيَّتَيْنِ
al-ʕaliyyatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural‎;
broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) 		sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal عَلِيِّين‎; عِلْيَة
ʕaliyyīn‎; ʕilya 		الْعَلِيِّين‎; الْعِلْيَة
al-ʕaliyyīn‎; al-ʕilya 		عَلِيَّات
ʕaliyyāt 		الْعَلِيَّات
al-ʕaliyyāt
nominative عَلِيُّونَ‎; عِلْيَةٌ
ʕaliyyūna‎; ʕilyatun 		الْعَلِيُّونَ‎; الْعِلْيَةُ
al-ʕaliyyūna‎; al-ʕilyatu 		عَلِيَّاتٌ
ʕaliyyātun 		الْعَلِيَّاتُ
al-ʕaliyyātu
accusative عَلِيِّينَ‎; عِلْيَةً
ʕaliyyīna‎; ʕilyatan 		الْعَلِيِّينَ‎; الْعِلْيَةَ
al-ʕaliyyīna‎; al-ʕilyata 		عَلِيَّاتٍ
ʕaliyyātin 		الْعَلِيَّاتِ
al-ʕaliyyāti
genitive عَلِيِّينَ‎; عِلْيَةٍ
ʕaliyyīna‎; ʕilyatin 		الْعَلِيِّينَ‎; الْعِلْيَةِ
al-ʕaliyyīna‎; al-ʕilyati 		عَلِيَّاتٍ
ʕaliyyātin 		الْعَلِيَّاتِ
al-ʕaliyyāti
Synonyms
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: علی (alî)
  • → Persian: علی ('ali)

(via feminine form عَلِيَّة (ʕaliyya)):

  • → Ottoman Turkish: علیه (aliyye)
    • Turkish: aliyye
  • → Persian: علیه ('aliyye)

Proper noun

عَلِيّ • (ʕaliyy) m

  1. a male given name, Ali
  2. ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Ali's marriage to the Islamic prophet's daughter, Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, recognized as the Islamic prophet's fourth rightly-guided successor in most of Sunni Islam and as the Islamic prophet's first legitimate successor in Shia Islam
Declension
Declension of noun عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal — عَلِي
ʕalī 		—
nominative — عَلِيٌّ
ʕaliyyun 		—
accusative — عَلِيًّا
ʕaliyyan 		—
genitive — عَلِيٍّ
ʕaliyyin 		—
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: Əli
  • → Bashkir: Ғәли (Ğəli)
  • → Bengali: আলী (alī)
  • → English: Ali
  • → Northern Luri: عںڵی (əłi)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: علی (ali)
    • → Turkish: Ali
  • → Persian: علی ('ali)
  • → Somali: Cali
  • → Swahili: Ali
  • → Tatar: Гали (Ğali)
See also

Ali's birthname:

Vocative phrases:

Honorifics & eulogies

Titles & kunyas:

  • أَبُو الْحَسَن (ʔabū l-ḥasan)
  • أَبُو الْحَسَنَيْن (ʔabū l-ḥasanayn)
  • أَبُو تُرَاب (ʔabū turāb)
  • أَمِير النَّحْل (ʔamīr an-naḥl)
  • أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنِين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn)
  • الْكَرَّار (al-karrār)
  • اَلْمُرْتَضىٰ (al-murtaḍā)
  • يَعْسُوب الدِّين (yaʕsūb ad-dīn)

Family (see also: Ahl al-Bayt):

Rashidun Caliphs:

Major Muslim sects & Khawarij (mainly divided on the issue of Ali):

Shi'a (Arabic for Partisans (of Ali)) sects:

  • إِمَامِيَّة (ʔimāmiyya)
  • اِثْنَا عَشْرِيّة (iṯnā ʕašriyya)
  • جَعْفَرِيَّة (jaʕfariyya)
  • زَيْدِيَّة (zaydiyya)
  • إِسْمَاعِيلِيَّة (ʔismāʕīliyya)
  • مُسْتَعْلِيَّة (mustaʕliyya)
  • نِزَارِيَّة (nizāriyya)

Descriptions & slurs:

Etymology 1.3

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ l y)
21 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕalj/

Noun

عَلْي • (ʕaly) m

  1. verbal noun of عَلَى (ʕalā) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun عَلْي (ʕaly)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal عَلْي
ʕaly 		الْعَلْي
al-ʕaly 		عَلْي
ʕaly
nominative عَلْيٌ
ʕalyun 		الْعَلْيُ
al-ʕalyu 		عَلْيُ
ʕalyu
accusative عَلْيًا
ʕalyan 		الْعَلْيَ
al-ʕalya 		عَلْيَ
ʕalya
genitive عَلْيٍ
ʕalyin 		الْعَلْيِ
al-ʕalyi 		عَلْيِ
ʕalyi

Etymology 1.4

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ l y)
21 terms

Verb

عُلِيَ • (ʕuliya) (form I) /ʕu.li.ja/

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of عَلَا (ʕalā)

Etymology 1.5

Root
ع ل ي (ʕ l y)
21 terms

Verb

عُلِيَ • (ʕuliya) (form I) /ʕu.li.ja/

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of عَلَى (ʕalā, “to climb”)

References

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

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ع ل ي
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَلِيَ (ʕaliya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕi.li/, [ʕɪ.li]

Verb

علي • (ʕili) I (non-past يعلى (yiʕla))

  1. (intransitive) to rise, to be risen
    Antonym: وطي (wiṭi)
  2. (intransitive) to be exalted, high
Conjugation
Conjugation of علي
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عليت (ʕilīt) عليت (ʕilīt) علي (ʕili) علينا (ʕilīna) عليتوا (ʕilītu) عليوا (ʕilyu)
f عليتي (ʕilīti) عِلْيَت (ʕilyat)
non-past m أعلى (ʔaʕla) تعلى (tiʕla) يعلى (yiʕla) نعلى (niʕla) تعلوا (tiʕlu) يعلوا (yiʕlu)
f تعلي (tiʕli) تعلى (tiʕla)
imperative m اعلى (aʕla) اعلوا (aʕlu)
f اعلي (aʕli)

Etymology 2

From عَلَى (“on”) +‎ ـيَ (“me”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.laj.ja/

Adverb

علي • (ʕalayya)

  1. on me

Etymology 3

From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.li/

Proper noun

عَلِي • (ʕali) m

  1. a male given name

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕal.li/

Verb

علي • (ʕalli)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of عَلَّى (ʕalla)
    raise!

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ل ي
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيَ (ʕaliya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕi.li/, [ˈʕi.li]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

علي • (ʕili) I (present بعلى (biʕla))

  1. to rise (the volume, one's voice, etc.)
    Antonym: وطي (wiṭi)

Conjugation

Conjugation of علي
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عليت (ʕlīt) عليت (ʕlīt) علي (ʕili) علينا (ʕlīna) عليتو (ʕlītu) عليو (ʕilyu)
f عليتي (ʕlīti) عليت (ʕilyat)
present m بعلى (baʕla) بتعلى (btiʕla) بعلى (biʕla) بنعلى (mniʕla) بتعلو (btiʕlu) بعلو (biʕlu)
f بتعلي (btiʕli) بتعلى (btiʕla)
subjunctive m اعلى (aʕla) تعلى (tiʕla) يعلى (yiʕla) نعلى (niʕla) تعلو (tiʕlu) يعلو (yiʕlu)
f تعلي (tiʕli) تعلى (tiʕla)
imperative m اعلى (iʕla) اعلو (iʕlu)
f اعلي (iʕli)
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