عَلَىٰ

1. عَلَى

EalaY * is a particle and a noun (Mbr, S, Mughnee, K) and a verb; (Mbr, S;) though some assert that it is only a noun, and ascribe this assertion to Sb: (Mughnee:) its alif, (Sb, S, Msb,) [which, when it has no affix, is written Y , and] which is originally w , (Sb, S,) [like that of A_ilaY , q. v., …

2. عَلِىٌّ

EaliY~N * High, elevated, or lofty; (S, K;) applied to a thing; (K;) [and] so ↓ EaAlK : (Msb:) so, too, the former, [and more commonly so,] in respect of rank, condition, or state; eminent, or noble: and ↓ EiloyapN is a pl. thereof in the latter sense; like as SiboyapN is of SabiY~N ; [or, as some h

3. عِلِىٌّ

EiliY~N * i. q. ↓ Euluw~N [an inf. n. of 1, q. v.]. (K, TA.) Hence the reading of Ibn-Mes'ood [in the Kur xxvii. 14], ZulomFA waEiliy~FA [ By reason of wrongfulness and self-exaltation ]. (TA.)