عَلَآءٌ

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عَلَآءٌ Verbal.Noun of عَلِىَ in the phrase عَلِىَ فِى الشَّرَفِ or فِى المَكَارِمِ: and [used as a simple subst.] it signifies High, or elevated, rank or station; or eminence, or nobility; as also عُلًى , and مَعْلَاةٌ ; or this last signifies the acquisition of high, or elevated, rank or station, or of eminence, or nobility; [or, agreeably with analogy, a cause, or means, of acquiring high, or elevated, rank &c.; being originally مَعْلَوَةٌ, of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, like مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ &c.;] and its pl. is مَعَالٍ, whence مَعَالِى الأُمُورِ i. e. مكتسب الشرف [a strange explanation of a pl. by a sing., app. meaning the cause, or means, of acquiring high, or elevated, rank &c.].
2 أَبُو العَلَآءِ [is a name for The kind of sweet food called] الفَالُوذَجُ [and الفَالُوذُ, q. v.].

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