Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: علو (ʿlw)

Examining Root: علو (ʿlw)

Definition:
To be high, elevated, lofty, exalted, ascend, overcome, be proud/upon/over, go up, rise in rank or dignity, raise, take up, mount, overtop.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 70

Lemmata Based on This Root: 14

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 29

Form
I:	20
II:	0
III:	0
IV:	8
V:	0
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	1
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	28
Feminine:	1
Unassigned:	0

Person
1st:	0
2nd:	11
3rd:	18

Number
Singular:	17
Dual:	0
Plural:	12

Noun: 30

Case
Nominative:	19
Accusative:	9
Genitive:	2

Gender
Masculine:	29
Feminine:	1

Number
Singular:	25
Dual:	0
Plural:	5

Formula
Appears in 152 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 110 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 16 Length 4: 17 Length 5: 12	Length 3: 58 Length 4: 33 Length 5: 16	Length 3: 43 Length 4: 39 Length 5: 28

Glosses for this Root
the highest (x8) Come (x7) and Exalted (is) He (x7) (is) the Most High (x5) the Most High (x3) haughtiness (x3) Exalted is He (x3) Most High (x3) So exalted is (x3) (are) superior (x2) elevated (x2) [the] high (x2) its upside (x2) exalt yourselves (x2) (is) Most High (x1) Illiyin (x1) they had conquered (x1)	High is (x1) (was) a tyrant (x1) and haughtiness (x1) the exalted (x1) surely exalted (x1) (is) Illiyun? (x1) haughty (x1) exalted himself (x1) Upon them (x1) and surely you will reach (x1) overcomes (x1) the exalted ones (x1) arrogant (x1) and surely would have overpowered (x1) then come (x1)

Verse List

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