Aramaic

Preposition

על • ‎(transliteration needed)

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

Hebrew

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /al/

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

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.