Arabic

Verb

أَوْلَى • ‎(ʾawlā) IV, non-past يُولِي‎ (yūlī)

1. (ditransitive) to entrust to

Conjugation

References

• “أولى” in John Mace (2007), Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ISBN 0-7818-1229-1

Etymology 2

Elative from وَلِيّ ‎(waliyy, “near”) and more generally from the root و ل ي ‎(w-l-y).

Adjective

أَوْلَى • ‎(ʾawlā) ‎(feminine وُلْيَى ‎(wulyā), dual أَوْلَيَان ‎(ʾawlayān), masculine plural أَوْلَوْن ‎(ʾawlawn) or أَوَالٍ ‎(ʾawālin), feminine plural وُلًى ‎(wulan) or وُلْيَيَات ‎(wulyayāt))

1. elative degree of وَلِيّ ‎(waliyy):
   1. nearer; nearest
2. worthier; worthiest
3. more appropriate; most appropriate

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أولى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Adjective

أُولَى • ‎(ʾūlā) f

1. feminine singular of أَوَّل ‎(ʾawwal)

Etymology 4

Verb

أُولَى • ‎(ʾūlā) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ ‎(waliya)
2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ ‎(waliya)