על
Aramaic
editPronunciation
editPreposition
editעל • (transliteration needed)
Hebrew
editEtymology
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ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h) |
Cognate to Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā), Ge'ez ላዕለ (laʿlä), Maltese għal.
Pronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /al/, [ʔäl]
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /al/, [ʔɑɫ]
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕal/, [ʕal], /ŋal/, [ŋal]
- (Tiberian Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕal/, [ʕal]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -al
Preposition
editעַל • ('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
editInflection table
Non-personal-pronoun-including form | עַל ('al) | |||
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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
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editPrefix
editעַל • ('ál)
- Super-: above; more than; larger than.
- מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpakhá, “family”) → עַל־מִשְׁפָּחָה (ʿál-mishpakhá, “superfamily”)
- יַבֶּשֶׁת (yabéshet, “continent”) → יַבֶּשֶׁת־עַל (yabéshet-ʿál, “supercontinent”)
- טִבְעִי (tiv'í, “natural”) → עַל־טִבְעִי (ʿál-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
editSuffix
editעַל • ('ál)
- Alternative form of the prefix; see above.
- גִּבּוֹר (gibór, “hero”) → גִּבּוֹר־עָל (gibór-ʿál, “superhero”)
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