ܥܠܝܐ

From Aramaic עֵלָא (ʿēlla, “position that is above”, a defective noun) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʕɪllaːjaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʕlaːja]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [laːja]

ܥܸܠܵܝܵܐ • (ˁillāyā) (feminine ܥܸܠܵܝܬܵܐ (ˁillāytā), plural ܥܸܠܵܝܹ̈ܐ (ˁillāyē))

1. upper, uppermost

   ܩܝܼܡܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܡܸܕ݂ܝܵܪܵܐ ܥܸܠܵܝܵܐ

   qīmā ˁal miḏyārā ˁillāyā

   Standing on the upper level

2. advanced, superior

   ܕܘܼܪ̈ܵܫܘܼܗܝ ܥܸܠܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܒܸܬ ܟܵܬ݂ܪܝܼ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܬ݂ܝܵܐ.

   dūrāšūh ˁillāyē bit kāṯrī b-šētā d-āṯyā.

   His advanced studies will continue next year.

3. higher, maximum

   ܣܵܟ݂ܵܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܗܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܥܸܠܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܐܸܫܬܝܼܢ ܟܝܼܠܘܿܡܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ ܓܲܘ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ.

   sāḵā d-surhāḇā ˁillāyā ìlēh ištīn kīlōmīṭrē gaw šāˁṯā.

   The maximum speed limit is sixty kilometers per hour.

4. (in places names) upper

   ܛܝܵܪܹ̈ܐ ܥܸܠܵܝܬܵܐ ― ṭyārē ˁillāytā ― Upper Tyari

   ܓܠܝܼܠܵܐ ܥܸܠܵܝܬܵܐ ― glīlā ˁillāytā ― Upper Galilee

5. superlative degree of ܪܵܡܵܐ (rāmā); tallest, highest

   Synonym: ܛܵܒ݂ ܪܵܡܵܐ (ṭāḇ rāmā)

• ܬܲܚܬܵܝܵܐ (taḥtāyā)

• ܠܥܸܠ (lˁil, “above, up”)
• ܥܲܠ (ˁal, “on”)
• ܥܠܘܿܝܵܐ (ˁlōyā)

ܥܸܠܵܝܵܐ • (ˁillāyā) m

1. Supreme, Most High (a title for God)

ܥܸܠܵܝܹ̈ܐ • (ˁillāyē) m pl (plural only)

1. highest part, top

   Synonym: ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā)

   ܢܦܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܸܠܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ.

   npīl lēh min ˁillāyē d-binyānā.

   He fell from the highest point of the building.