عَالِيَةٌ
Root: علو
Full Definition
2 Also [particularly] The upper portion of the spear-shaft; سَافِلَةٌ signifying the “ lower portion ” thereof: or the head (رأس) thereof: or the half that is next to the iron head: or the part, of the spear, that is below the iron head: or the portion, of the spear, that enters the iron head, extending to the third part thereof [i. e. of the shaft; so that it signifies the uppermost of the three equal portions of the shaft]: pl. عَوَالٍ, which some explain as meaning the iron heads of spears. (TA. [See an ex. of the pl. in a verse cited voce زُجٌّ.]) Also A straight spear-shaft.
3 And The [upper] part, of a valley, whence the water thereof descends.
4 العَالِيَةُ, also, is The region above Nejd, extending to the land of Tihámeh, and to the part behind Mekkeh, i. e. [to] El- Hijáz and what is next to it: and it is said that the عَالِيَة of El-Hijáz is the higher and more elevated part thereof, forming a wide extent of country. And [its pl.] العَوَالِى, as also العَالِيَةُ, is applied to Certain towns, or villages, in the exterior of El-Medeeneh, the nearest four miles distant from it, and the most distant, in the direction of Nejd, eight.
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