عِلِّيَّةٌ
Root: عل
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عِلِّيَّةٌ
and عُلِّيَّةٌ An upper chamber; syn. غُرْفَةٌ: pl. عَلَالِىُّ. [It is mentioned also in art. علو, q. v.]
2 هُوَ مِنْ عِلِّيَّةِ قَوْمِهِ and عُلِّيَّتِهِمْ, [both mistranscribed in the CK,] and عِلْيَتِهِمْ, without teshdeed, [which belongs to art. علو,] and and , [which are also mistranscribed in the CK,] mean
3 عِلِّيُّونَ mentioned in the Kur [lxxxiii. 18 and 19] is [said to be] a pl. of which the sing. is عِلِّىٌّ , or عِلِّيَّةٌ or عُلِّيَّةٌ, or a pl. having no sing., [or rather it is from the Hebr.עֶלְיוֹן signifying “ high, ” or “ higher, ”] and is said to be A place in the Seventh Heaven, to which ascend the souls of the believers: or the most elevated of the Paradises; like as سِجِّين is the most elevated of the places of the fires [of Hell]: or rather it is properly a name of the inhabitants thereof; for this [sort of] pl. is peculiar to rational beings: it is mentioned again in art. علو [in which see other explanations].
2 هُوَ مِنْ عِلِّيَّةِ قَوْمِهِ and عُلِّيَّتِهِمْ, [both mistranscribed in the CK,] and عِلْيَتِهِمْ, without teshdeed, [which belongs to art. علو,] and and , [which are also mistranscribed in the CK,] mean
3 عِلِّيُّونَ mentioned in the Kur [lxxxiii. 18 and 19] is [said to be] a pl. of which the sing. is عِلِّىٌّ , or عِلِّيَّةٌ or عُلِّيَّةٌ, or a pl. having no sing., [or rather it is from the Hebr.
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