על

Aramaic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʕal/

Preposition

על • (transliteration needed)

  1. on, upon
  2. over
  3. about, concerning

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ע־ל־ה‎

Cognate to Arabic عَلَى‎ (ʿalā), Ge'ez ላዕለ (laʿlä).

Pronunciation

Preposition

עַל • (al)

  1. (literally) On, on top of.
  2. (figuratively) On.

Usage notes
  • Various verbs are construed with the preposition על; for example, ויתר על (vitér al) means “to give up on”.

Inflection
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)

Prefix

עַל • (ál)

  1. 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
  • 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
  • (super-): תת־‎ (tát-, “sub-”)

Suffix

עַל • (ál)

  1. Alternative form of the prefix; see above.
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