علو

مُسْتَعْلٍ ذ : see مُعْتَلٍ; and عَلِىٌّ, last quarter: ― -b2- and see also المُعَلِّى, in two places. ― -b3- اليَدُ المُسْتَعْلِيَةُ means (assumed tropical:) The hand of him who takes by force, and of the plunderer, and the like: opposed to اليَدُ المُسْتَخْفِيَةُ: the Sunneh ordains that the latter shall be cut off [except in certain cases] but not the former. (TA in art. خقى.) ― -b4- الحُرُوفُ المُسْتَعْلِيَةُ [ The high, or elevated, letters ] are خ, ص, ض, ط, ظ, غ, and ق; (K, TA;) in which is a rising [of the tongue] to the palate; with اـِطْبَاق [of the tongue (see 4 in art. طبق)] except in خ and غ and ق: opposed to المُنْخَفِضَةُ. (TA.)