عَلَا

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عَلَاI , Present.T يَعْلُو, Verbal.Noun عُلُوٌّ; and عَلِىَ; and تعلّى [which last see also below]; It was, or became, high, elevated, or lofty; syn. اِرْتَفَعَ; and so تعالى : or you say, عَلَا فِى المَكَانِ [it was, or became, high, or elevated, in place], Present.T يَعْلُو, Verbal.Noun عُلُوٌّ: and عَلِىَ فِى الشَّرَفِ [ he was, or became, high, or elevated, or exalted, in dignity, or nobility], with kesr, Present.T يَعْلَى, Verbal.Noun عَلَآءٌ; and also عَلَا, with fet-h, Present.T يَعْلَى: a poet says, لَمَّا عَلَا كَعْبُكَ لِى عَلِيتُ [ When thy nobility became exalted to me, I became exalted]; thus combining the two dial. vars.: or you say, عَلِىَ فِى المَكَارِمِ [ he was, or became, eminent in generous, or honourable, actions or qualities], Verbal.Noun عَلَآءٌ [in some copies of the K عَلًا]; and عَلَا, Verbal.Noun عُلُوٌّ; and thus the two verbs are used in the saying of the poet cited above: and , said of a man, signifies the same as عَلَا. [Hence,] عَلَتِ الشَّمْسُ The sun became high; as also : (Nawádir el-Aaráb, TA in art. دلك:) and [hence,] عَلَا النَّهَارُ The day became advanced, the sun being somewhat high; syn. اِرْتَفَعَ [q. v.]; as also and .
2 عَلَا فِى المَكَانِ, Verbal.Noun عُلُوٌّ, signifies [also] He ascended the place, or upon the place; syn. صَعِدَ: and عَلَوْتُ عَلَى الجَبَلِ and عَلَوْتُ أَعْلَاهُ are syn. [as meaning I ascended the mountain, or upon the mountain, or upon the top, or highest part, thereof]: and عَلَوْتُهُ and عَلَوْتُ فِيهِ signify I ascended it; syn. رَقِيتُ فِيهِ. عَلَاهُ and عَلَا بِهِ, (K, TA, [in the CK علّاه وبه is put for عَلَاهُ وَبِهِ,]) and , and , and اِعْلَوْلَاهُ , and اعلاهُ , and , this last [for which the CK has عالاهُ] being with teshdeed, and and بِهِ, (K, TA, [in the CK عالَّاهُ وبه,]) are syn., signifying He ascended it, or upon it; (K; [in the CK صَعَّدَهُ, and so in my MS. copy of the K, but in other copies صَعِدَهُ, which is certainly the right reading;]) whether the object be a mountain or a beast: [or] you say, عَلَا الدَّابَّةَ He mounted the beast; and in like manner, anything: and عَلَى السَّطْحَ, Present.T يَعْلِيهِ; but in the M عَلِىَ السَّطْحَ, i. e., like رَضِىَ; Verbal.Noun عَلْىٌ and عِلْىٌ and عُلِىٌّ; (TA, and so accord. to other copies of the K instead of عِلْىٌ;) He ascended upon the flat house-top; syn. صَعِدَهُ.
3 [عَلَاهُ signifies also He, or it, was, or became, upon it, or over it: and it came, or arose, upon it; overlay it; was, or became, superincumbent, or supernatant, upon it; or overspread it; as scum, and rust, &c. And It lay on him as a burden. Hence,] one says, مَا سَأَلْتُكَ مَا يَعْلُوكَ ظَهْرًا i. e. [ I did not ask, or demand, of thee, what would lie as a burden on thy back; or] what would be onerous, burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome, to thee.
4 And [hence also] عَلَاهُ It over- topped it, rose above it, or exceeded it in height. (TA in art. دصر.) [And in like manner, عَلَيْهِ It became elevated above it.]
5 And عَلَوْتُهُمْ بِالشَّرَفِ and بِالجَمَالِ [ I was, or became, superior to them in nobility and in goodliness]. (S in art. فرع.)
6 And عَلَاهُ [ He had, or gained, ascendency over him, or it; as also عَلَا عَلَيْهِ and عليه: and] he overcame him; or had, or gained, the mastery over him; and subdued him; namely, his opponent, or adversary; as also : and in like manner, عَلَا حَاجَتَهُ and he gained the mastery over the object of his want: and الشَّىْءَ he prevailed against the thing, or had power over it, and overcame it; and عَلَا لِلشَّىْءِ, Present.T يَعْلُو, he was, or became, able to do, or accomplish, or to bear, the thing. عَلَا بِالأَمْرِ means اِضْطَلَعَ بِهِ وَٱسْتَقَلَّ [i. e. He had strength, or power, sufficient for the affair, and had absolute control over it]: (S: [so in one of my copies: the other has اِطَّلَعَ, which I find also in the PS and in my copy of the TA; and which is allowed by some, but disallowed by others, in the sense of اِضْطَلَعَ, as is shown voce مُضْطَلِعٌ:]) a poet says, فَٱعْمِدْ لِمَا تَعْلُو فَمَا لَكَ بِالَّذِى لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ مِنَ الأُمُورِ يَدَانِ [Then aim thou at that for which thou hast sufficient strength, or power, and over which thou hast absolute control: (بِهِ being understood after تعلو:) for what object hast thou in meddling with that which a pair of hands cannot accomplish, of affairs?]. [And hence, perhaps,] one says to him who possesses much property, اعل به i. e. ابق بعده [app. اُعْلُ بِهِ and اِبْقَ بَعْدَهُ, as though meaning Have thou ability to consume it, and so survive thou it; like as one says to him who puts on a new garment, أَبْلِ (see 4 in art. بلو)]: or [perhaps a mistake for “ and ”] it is [virtually] a prayer for his continuance in life.
7 عَلَوْتُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ الرِّيحَ means I was [or went] on the windward side of such a one: and one says, لَا تَعْلُ الرِّيحَ عَلَى الصَّيْدِ فَيَرَاحَ رِيحَكَ وَيَنْفِرَ [i. e. Go not thou on the windward side of the game, lest it scent thy odour, and take fright and flee].
8 عَلَوْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ means I smote him [with the sword; or, more properly, I set upon him therewith]. And [in like manner] one says, عَلَاهُ بِالشَّتْمِ وَالضَّرْبِ [ He set upon him, or assailed him, or overcame him, with reviling and beating]. (S and M in art. ثول, &c.)
9 عَلَا فِى الأَرْضِ, Verbal.Noun عُلُوٌّ, signifies He exalted, or magnified, himself, [in the earth,] or behaved proudly, insolently, or exorbitantly. And [in like manner] لَا تَعْلُوا عَلَى ٱللّٰهِ, in the Kur xliv. 18, Exalt not, or magnify not, yourselves against God; or behave not proudly, &c.
10 عَلَا عَنْهُ [lit. signifies It rose from it: and hence,] it recoiled from it, i. e., a thing from another thing; it did not cleave to it: and تَعْلُو عَنْهُ العَيْنُ means The eye recoils from him.
11 اُعْلُ عَنِّى: see 3.
12 عَلَا بِهِ as syn. with أَعْلَاهُ: see expl. with the latter below.

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