عل

عِلِّيَّةٌ ذ (S, O, K) and عُلِّيَّةٌ (O, K) An upper chamber; syn. غُرْفَةٌ: pl. عَلَالِىُّ. (S, O, K.) [It is mentioned also in art. علو, q. v.] ― -b2- هُوَ مِنْ عِلِّيَّةِ قَوْمِهِ and عُلِّيَّتِهِمْ, [both mistranscribed in the CK,] and عِلْيَتِهِمْ, without teshdeed, [which belongs to art. علو,] and ↓ عِلِّيِّهِمْ and ↓ عُلِّيِّهِمْ, [which are also mistranscribed in the CK,] mean (assumed tropical:) He is of the exalted, or elevated, of his people. (K, TA.) ― -b3- ↓ عِلِّيُّونَ mentioned in the Kur [lxxxiii. 18 and 19] is [said to be] a pl. of which the sing. is ↓ عِلِّىٌّ, or عِلِّيَّةٌ or عُلِّيَّةٌ, or a pl. having no sing., (K, TA,) [or rather it is from the Hebr. עֶלְיוֹן signifying “ high, ” or “ higher, ”] and is said to be A place in the Seventh Heaven, to which ascend the souls of the believers: or the most elevated of the Paradises; like as سِجِّين is the most elevated of the places of the fires [of Hell]: or rather it is properly a name of the inhabitants thereof; for this [sort of] pl. is peculiar to rational beings: (TA:) it is mentioned again in art. علو [in which see other explanations]. (K, TA.)