ܠܥܠ ܡܢ

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ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܬܸܚܬ ܡ̣ܢ ܓܲܘ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܥܲܠ ܓܹܢ݇ܒ/ ܠܟܸܣ ܬ݇ܚܘܿܬ݂ ܒܹܝܢ
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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”)

• (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.

• ܥܸܠܵܝܵܐ (ˁillāyā, “upper”)
• ܥܲܠ (ˁal, “on”)