ܠܥܠ

From ܠ-‎ (l-, “to”) +‎ Aramaic עֵלָא‎ (ˁēlla, “position that is above”) a defective noun; see the usage note.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [(ʔɪ)l.ʕɪl.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʕleːl]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔul.lul.]

ܠܥܸܠ • (lˁil)

1. above, overhead

   ‏ܛܲܝܪܹ̈ܐ ܒܸܦܪܵܚܵܐ ܠܥܸܠ‎‎ ― ṭayrē biprāḥā lˁil ― Birds flying overhead

2. up, upstairs

   ‏ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܬ ܠܥܸܠ، ܫܲܠܸܚ ܨܵܘܠܘܼ̈ܟ݂.‎‎

   qam āzēt lˁil, šalliḥ ṣāwlūḵ.

   Before you go upstairs, take your shoes off.

ܠܥܸܠ • (lˁil)

1. above, on top of

   Antonym: ܠܬܸܚܬ݇‎ (ltiḥ)

   ‏ܗ̇ܘ ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܕܝܵܪܵܐ ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܕܝܼܝ.‎‎

   awa maḵtḇā ìlēh ḥa midyārā lˁil min dīy.

   The office is one floor above mine.

2. (figuratively) more than, over

   ‏ܝܼܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܸܣܪܝܼ‎

   īwā lˁil min ˁisrī

   They were more than twenty

3. super-, hyper-, ultra-, over-

   Antonym: ܬܚܹܝܬ‎ (tḥēt)

   ‎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”)

• ܠܥܸܠ is typically used in connection with the preposition ܡ̣ܢ‎ (min, “from”) especially with a noun, pronoun, prepositional phrase, or clause. These serve the same role in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic that than serves in English.
• (super-): Typically used to form calques from 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”)