عَالِيَةٌ

[a subst. from عَالٍ, rendered such by the affix ة]: see عُلْوٌ.

Also [particularly] The upper portion of the spear-shaft; (K, TA;) سَافِلَةٌ signifying the “ lower portion ” thereof: (TA:) or the head (رأس) thereof: or the half that is next to the iron head: (K, TA:) or the part, of the spear, that is below the iron head: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or the portion, of the spear, that enters the iron head, extending to the third part thereof [i. e. of the shaft; so that it signifies the uppermost of the three equal portions of the shaft]: (S, TA:) plural عَوَالٍ, which some explain as meaning the iron heads of spears. (TA. [See an example of the plural in a verse cited voce زُجٌّ.]) Also A straight spear-shaft. (TA.)

And The [upper] part, of a valley, whence the water thereof descends. (TA.)

العَالِيَةُ, also, is The region above Nejd, extending to the land of Tihámeh, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) and to the part behind Mekkeh, (S, K,) i. e. [to] El- Hijáz and what is next to it: (S:) and it is said that the عَالِيَة of El-Hijáz is the higher and more elevated part thereof, forming a wide extent of country. (TA.) And [its plural] العَوَالِى, (K, TA,) as also العَالِيَةُ, (TA,) is applied to Certain towns, or villages, in the exterior of El-Medeeneh, (K, TA,) the nearest four miles distant from it, and the most distant, in the direction of Nejd, eight. (TA.)