"غالي" meaning in South Levantine Arabic

See غالي in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɣaː.li/, [ˈɣæː.li] Audio: LL-Q55633582 (ajp)-Muhammad (AdrianAbdulBaha)-غالي.wav Forms: ḡāli [romanization], غالية [feminine], غاليين [common, plural], أغلى [elative]
Etymology: From Arabic غَالٍ (ḡālin). Equivalent to the active participle of غلي (ḡili, “to become more expensive”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ajp|ar|غَالٍ}} Arabic غَالٍ (ḡālin), {{ajp-etym-ap|غلي|t=to become more expensive|tr=ḡili}} Equivalent to the active participle of غلي (ḡili, “to become more expensive”) Head templates: {{ajp-adj|cpl=غاليين|cpltr=ḡālyīn|el=أغلى|eltr=ʔaḡla|f=غالية|ftr=ḡālye|tr=ḡāli}} غالي • (ḡāli) (feminine غالية (ḡālye), common plural غاليين (ḡālyīn), elative أغلى (ʔaḡla))
  1. expensive
    Sense id: en-غالي-ajp-adj-88yldf9-
  2. dear (loved)
    Sense id: en-غالي-ajp-adj-yeyW9ADu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: غليان (ḡalyān) (english: newly expensive)
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