أولى

See also: اولی, اولي, and أولي

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ل ي (w-l-y); compare وَلِيَ (waliya, to be near, to govern).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaw.laː/

Verb

أَوْلَى (ʾawlā) IV, non-past يُولِي‎ (yūlī)

  1. (ditransitive) to entrust to
Conjugation
References
  • Mace, John (2007), أولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

Elative from وَلِيّ (waliyy, near) and more generally from the root و ل ي (w-l-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaw.laː/

Adjective

أَوْلَى (ʾawlā) (feminine وُلْيَا (wulyā), masculine dual أَوْلَيَان (ʾawlayān), feminine dual وُلْيَيَان (wulyayān), masculine plural أَوْلَوْن (ʾawlawn) or أَوَالٍ (ʾawālin), feminine plural وُلًى (wulan) or وُلْيَيَات (wulyayāt))

  1. elative degree of وَلِيّ (waliyy):
    1. nearer; nearest
  2. worthier; worthiest
  3. more appropriate; most appropriate
Declension
References

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuː.laː/

Adjective

أُولَى (ʾūlā) f

  1. feminine singular of أَوَّل (ʾawwal)

Noun

أُولَى (ʾūlā) f

  1. (singular only, with the definite article) Synonym of دُنْيَا (dunyā)
    Synonym: دُنْيَا (dunyā)
    Antonym: آخِرَة (ʾāḵira)
    • Quran
      لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِي ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْآخِرَة
      lahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ʾūlā wal-ʾāḵira
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔu.laː/

Pronoun

أُولَى (ʾulā) c pl

  1. these; alternative form of أُولَاءِ (ʾulāʾi)
Derived terms
  • أُولَالِكَ (ʾulālika)
  • أُولَاكَ (ʾulāka)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuː.laː/

Verb

أُولَى (ʾūlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ (waliya)
  2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)
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