عَلْوَى
Root: علو
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عَلْوَى
, accord. to IAar, [and so in my MS. copy of the K,] but accord. to [other copies of] the K
عَلْوَآءُ , i. q:
قِصَّةٌ عَالِيَةٌ [app. A story, or an affair, of a high quality]. (K, TA. [See also عَلْيَآءُ.])
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