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عُلُوّ

ʿuluwwan

haughtiness

বিদ্রোহ

Root letters: ع ل وAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,587 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 159

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ع ل و

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)عُلُوًّۭا4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • عُلُوًّۭاhaughtinessʿuluwwan · 3 times
  • وَعُلُوًّۭا ۚand haughtinesswaʿuluwwan · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ع ل و — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity.

Surah 17:43 — Read full ayah

And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof, out of injustice and haughtiness. So see how was the end of the corrupters.

Surah 27:14 — Read full ayah

And We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness."

Surah 17:4 — Read full ayah