ܠܥܠ ܡܢ

Literally, “Up from”

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [(ʔɪ)l.ʕɪl.‿mɪn.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʕleːl‿mɪn.]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔul.lul.‿mɪn.]

ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ • (lˁil min)

1. above, over see usage notes below

   Antonym: ܠܬܸܚܬ݇ ܡܸܢ (ltiḥ min)

   ܗ̇ܘ ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܕ݂ܝܵܪܵܐ ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ ܕܝܼܝܼ.

   awa maḵtḇā ìlēh ḥa miḏyārā lˁil min dīyī.

   The office is one floor above mine.

2. (figuratively) more than, over

   ܝܼܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ ܥܸܣܪܝܼܢ ― īwā lˁil min ˁisrīn ― They were more than twenty

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

   Antonym: ܬܚܹܝܬ݂ (tḥēṯ)

   ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ (lˁil min) + ‎ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܝܵܐ (nāšāyā, “human”) → ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܝܵܐ (lˁil min nāšāyā, “superhuman”)

   ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ (lˁil min) + ‎ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā, “nature”) → ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (lˁil min kyānā, “supernatural”)

   ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ (lˁil min) + ‎ܫܸܡܥܵܐ (šimˁā, “hearing”) → ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ ܫܸܡܥܵܐ (lˁil min šimˁā, “supersonic”)

   ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ (lˁil min) + ‎ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (bānafšā, “violet”) → ‎ܠܥܸܠ ܡܸܢ 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 ܡܸܢ is preferred and more common.

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