ܠܥܠ ܡܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܥ ܠ ܐ (ˁ l ˀ)
6 terms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [(ʔɪ)l.ʕɪl.‿mɪn.]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʕleːl‿mɪn.]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʔul.lul.‿mɪn.]

Preposition

ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ • (lˁil min)

  1. above, over see usage notes below
    Antonym: ܠܬܸܚܬ݇ ܡ̣ܢ (ltiḥ min)
    ܗ̇ܘ ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܕ݂ܝܵܪܵܐ ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܕܝܼܝܼ. ― awa maḵtḇā ìlēh ḥa miḏyārā lˁil min dīyī. ― The office is one floor above mine.
  2. (figuratively) more than, over
    ܝܼܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܸܣܪܝܼܢ ― īwā lˁil min ˁisrīn ― They were more than twenty
  3. super-, hyper-, ultra-, over-
    Antonym: ܬܚܹܝܬ݂ (tḥēṯ)
    ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ (lˁil min) + ‎ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܝܵܐ (nāšāyā, “human”) → ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܝܵܐ (lˁil min nāšāyā, “superhuman”)
    ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ (lˁil min) + ‎ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā, “nature”) → ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (lˁil min kyānā, “supernatural”)
    ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ (lˁil min) + ‎ܫܸܡܥܵܐ (šimˁā, “hearing”) → ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܸܡܥܵܐ (lˁil min šimˁā, “supersonic”)
    ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ (lˁil min) + ‎ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (bānafšā, “violet”) → ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (lˁil min bānafšā, “ultraviolet”)

Usage notes

  • (above, over): This phrase is used when something is above another thing in general. When something is on it, the word ܥܲܠ (ˁal) is used.
  • (super-): Typically used to form calques from Greek, English, and other languages in the form of a prepositional phrase. ܥܲܠܲܘܲܝ (ˁallaway) is also interchangeable in the form of a prefix, however ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ is preferred and more common.

Inflection

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