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ʿ l y

24 lemmas · 8 languages
III-weakThird consonant is w or y. The weak consonant often disappears in the perfect (r-m-y → ramā 'threw'). Known as lamed-he in Hebrew, tertiae infirmae.T Gen.20.9
Themes:upper·5personal·4pronoun·4including·3object·3
POS shape:noun·8verb·6adj·5prep·4name·1

This root is attested across 8 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.

Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family

*ʿ-l-wProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎓𐎍𐎊𐎓 𐎍 𐎊to ascend, go up, come up
Canaanite
Hebrewעִלִּיע ל יupper
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicעליאע ל יupper
Syriacܥܠܝܥ ܠ ܝa male given name, equivalent to English Ali
Assyrian NAܡܫܲܥܠܹܐܥ ܠ ܝto prefer, favor
Arabic
Arabicعَالٍع ل يactive participle of عَلَا (ʕalā) or active participle of عَلِيَ (ʕaliya).
South Semitic
Old South Arabian
OSA𐩲𐩡𐩺𐩲 𐩡 𐩺to ascend
Ethio-Semitic
Tigrinyaማእለያዐ ለ የlimit, cutoff.

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Ugaritic

irregular reflexug · 1 lemma

Old South Arabian

irregular reflexosa · 1 lemma

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 3 lemmas
  • adjinferred𐡀 tg. Onk. Gen 42:5Wiktionary ↗
    upper
  • nouninferred𐡀 tg. Jon. Judg 3:25Wiktionary ↗
    An upper story, chamber, or room.
  • adjinferred𐡀 tg. Jon. Judg 3:25Wiktionary ↗
    upper

Classical Syriac

syc · 1 lemma
  • ʿalinameinferredWiktionary ↗
    a male given name, equivalent to English Ali
    From Arabic علي (ʕaliyy)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 1 lemma
  • mšaˁlēverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to prefer, favor
    Shaphel stem of the verb ܥܵܠܹܐ (ˁālē, “to be elevated, uppermost”).

Hebrew

he · 8 lemmas
  • ilíadjinferredT Gen.20.9Wiktionary ↗
    upper
  • alénouninferredT Gen.20.9Wiktionary ↗
    plural construct state form of עָלֶה
  • '.Y.prepinferredWiktionary ↗
    =עַל יְדֵי־ (ál y'déi-, “by (an agent)”)
  • aléhaprepinferredT Gen.24.42Wiktionary ↗
    Form of עַל (al) including third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as object.
  • aliyánouninferredT Gen.24.42Wiktionary ↗
    defective spelling of עלייה
  • alávnouninferredT Gen.12.20Wiktionary ↗
    plural form of עָלֶה with third-person masculine singular personal pronoun as possessor: its leaves
  • alávprepinferredT Gen.12.20Wiktionary ↗
    Form of על (al) including third-person masculine singular personal pronoun as object: on him/it, etc
  • aláyprepinferredT Gen.20.9Wiktionary ↗
    Form of עַל including first-person singular personal pronoun as object, excessive spelling.

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas

Tigrinya

ti · 1 lemma

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with ʿ-l-y

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