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علو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَتَيْتُهُ مِنْ عَلِ ذ , (S, * K,) whence the saying of Imra-el-Keys cited in the first paragraph of art. حط, (S, Mughnee, TA,) and ↓ مِنْ عَلُ, [respecting which see the next preceding paragraph,] and ↓ مِنْ عَلَا, (S, K,) of which a verse cited voce نَاشَ in art. نوش is an ex., (S, TA,) and ↓ مِنع عَالٍ, signify the same, (S, Mughnee, K,) i. e. مِنْ فَوْقٍ; (K;) [which, with أَتَيْتُهُ preceding it, means I came to him, or it, from above; and (assumed tropical:) I overcame, or subdued, him, or it; for] اتاه من فوق and من علو [app. ↓ من عَلْوٍ (see عَلْوٌ below,) tropically used,] means قَهَرَهُ; (Ham p. 128;) [but the former is here meant in many, if not in all, instances, as is shown by what follows;] and [in like manner] one says, ↓ أَتَيْتُهُ مِنْ مُعَالٍ; [whence] Dhu-r-Rummeh says, وَنَغَضَانُ الرّحْلِ مِنْ مُعَالِ [ And the shaking of the camel's saddle in the upper part ]. (S, TA.) عَلِ in مِنْ عَلِ is indeterminate [in itself] and decl. [as being a prefixed noun of which the complement is to be understood as to the meaning and as to the letter; thus differing from عَلُ in مِنْ عَلُ: if the complement were not to be understood either as to the letter or as to the meaning, one would say مِنْ عَلٍ, originally مِنْ عَلْوٍ]. (TA.) One says also أَتَيْتُهُ مِنْ عَلِ الدَّارِ, [thus in several copies of the S, from which one of my copies deviates by erroneously substituting عَلى for عَلِ,] with kesr to the ل, meaning مِنْ عَالِ [or rather مِنْ عَالِ الدَّارِ i. e. I came to him, or it, from the high, or elevated, part of the house or abode ]: (S:) or the using عَل [thus] as a prefixed noun is a mistake. (Mughnee.) ― -b2- And one says, اُزْجُرِ الفَزَّ عَلِ عَلِ and ↓ عَلَا عَلَا [ Chide thou the young one of the wild cow, saying عَلِ عَلِ and عَلَا عَلَا]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَتَيْتُهُ مِنْ عَلِ
  1. 1.
مِنْ فَوْقٍ
اتاه من
من علو
وَنَغَضَانُ الرّحْلِ مِنْ مُعَالِ
مِنْ عَلِ
مِنْ عَلُ
مِنْ عَلٍ
مِنْ عَلْوٍ
مِنْ عَلِ الدَّارِ
مِنْ عَالِ
مِنْ عَالِ الدَّارِ
اُزْجُرِ الفَزَّ عَلِ عَلِ
عَلِ عَلِ
عَلَا عَلَا