عَلْيَآءُ

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عَلْيَآءُ A high place; a subst. in this sense, not [an epithet syn. with عُلْيَا] fem. of أَعْلَى; for if it were this, it would [by rule] be necessarily determinate; [though] it is sometimes used as syn. with عُلْيَا, see أَعْلَى: any high, or overtopping, place: this is its primary meaning: and [in like manner] عَلَايَةٌ signifies any high, or lofty, place; as also عَلْىٌ . And Any high thing. The head of a mountain: or the head of any high, or overtopping, mountain. And العَلْيَآءُ signifies The sky: a subst., not an epithet. مَا زَالَ مِنْهَا بِعَلْيَآءَ means He ceased not to be ennobled, and elevated in rank, or dignity, in consequence of it; i. e., a deed that he had done. (As, TA in art. بعل.)
2 Also A high, or an eminent, deed.

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