"There is one young man...and it is no exaggeration for me to say that hitherto, I have never seen an ilui ...of such depth together with the other strengths in any one... he is a truly great one... able to plumb the depths of thought." (source)
"Their second son's an iluy. I heard he knows half of Shas already." (Glinert)
“From just one shiur, I'm zicher he's an ilui.” (Weiser)