על
Aramaic edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
על • (transliteration needed)
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
| Root |
|---|
| ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h) |
Cognate to Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā), Ge'ez ላዕለ (laʿlä), Maltese għal.
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /al/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕal/, /ŋal/
- (Tiberian Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕal/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -al
Preposition edit
עַל • (al)
- (literally) On, on top of.
- (figuratively) On.
- (with enclitic pronoun and followed by ל־) Must.
- c. 3rd century, "Aleynu leshabei'ach":
- עָלֵינוּ לְשַׁבֵּחַ לַאֲדוֹן הַכֹּל
- Aleinu l'shabeach la'adon hakol
- We must praise the master of all
- (literally, “It is upon us to praise the master of all”)
- c. 3rd century, "Aleynu leshabei'ach":
Usage notes edit
- Various verbs are construed with the preposition על; for example, ויתר על (vitér al) means “to give up on”.
Inflection edit
Inflection table
| Non-personal-pronoun-including form | עַל ('al) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Plural | ||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |
| First person | עליי / עָלַי ('alái) | עָלֵינוּ ('aléinu) | ||
| Second person | עָלֶיךָ ('alékha) | עלייך / עָלַיִךְ ('aláyikh) | עֲלֵיכֶם ('aleikhém) | עֲלֵיכֶן ('aleikhén) |
| Third person | עָלָיו ('aláv) | עָלֶיהָ ('aléha) | עֲלֵיהֶם ('aleihém) | עֲלֵיהֶן ('aleihén) |
Derived terms edit
References edit
Prefix edit
עַל • (ál)
- Super-: above; more than; larger than.
- מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpakhá, “family”) → עַל־מִשְׁפָּחָה (ál-mishpakhá, “superfamily”)
- יַבֶּשֶׁת (yabéshet, “continent”) → יַבֶּשֶׁת־עַל (yabéshet-ál, “supercontinent”)
- טִבְעִי (tiv'í, “natural”) → עַל־טִבְעִי (ál-tiv'í, “supernatural”)
Usage notes edit
- Typically used to form calques from English and other languages.
- Sometimes attached to the following word via a hyphen; otherwise, separated by a space.
- In some compounds, follows the base word as a suffix rather than preceding it as a prefix.
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “super-”): תת־ (tát-, “sub-”)
Derived terms edit
Suffix edit
עַל • (ál)
- Alternative form of the prefix; see above.