*ʕall- ~ *ʕVlʕVl- ~ *laʕl-: 'height, elevation, the above' 1, 'upper part' 2, 'be high, elevated' 3, 'raise, elevate' 4

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕall- ~ *ʕVlʕVl- ~ *laʕl-
Meaning'height, elevation, the above' 1, 'upper part' 2, 'be high, elevated' 3, 'raise, elevate' 4
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 1633

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Mehriālēw 2 (Rubin 2018 823); l-/lə- 1 (ML 249 apud SEDonline 1462)Rubin 2018 823; ML 249; SEDonline 1462gloss withheld
Arabicʕall- 1, 2; ʕll 3; min ʕalu, min ʕali 'from above'; ʕalu 'above, in the higher, or highest, part of' 1 (Lane 2144)Lane 2144
Geezʕalʕala 4, lāʕl 1; laʕala, ləʕla 3 (LGz. 303)LGz. 303gloss withheld
Phoenicianʿl (Krahmalkov 368–369); mʿl (T 190); ʿlt (T 248); lmʿl 1 (Krahmalkov 259); ʿlt 2, in ʿlt ʾrn (T 247)Krahmalkov 368–369; T 190; T 248; Krahmalkov 259; T 247gloss withheld
Hebrewʕal 1 (HALOT 824, 825)HALOT 824, 825
Epigraphic South Arabianʿl, ʿlw, ʿly (OLA80 §48.15; Sabaweb lemma 3708); Sab ʿlt 2 (SD 15–16); lʿl, l-lʿl 1 (SD 81)OLA80 §48.15; Sabaweb lemma 3708; SD 15–16; SD 81gloss withheld
Akkadianeli 1 (CAD E 89); el 1 (CAD E 73)CAD E 89; CAD E 73gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicʕal 'upon, to, because of, against' (Payne Smith 413)Payne Smith 413
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʿl (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 51)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 51gloss withheld
Punicʿl (T 243); N.Pu. mʿlʾ (T 190)T 243; T 190gloss withheld
Eblaitica, al₆, a-li, a-lu, al₆-a, a-a; suff. al₆-ma, a-gú-nu, a-a-ki /ʕal(ay/ē)/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 77)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 77gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicʿal 1 (HALOT 825)HALOT 825gloss withheld
Jibbalil- 1 (JL 158 apud SEDonline 1462)JL 158; SEDonline 1462gloss withheld
Soqotriḷe- 1 (LS 227; CSOL I 598; CSOL II 522–523 apud SEDonline 1462)LS 227; SEDonline 1462gloss withheld
Harsusil-/le-/el- 1 (HL 82 apud SEDonline 1347)HL 82; SEDonline 1347gloss withheld
Aramaicʕl (DNWSI 842)DNWSI 842gloss withheld

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Notes

Proto-MSA *lV- 'against, on' answers *ʕalay (Kogan 2015, 562 apud SEDonline 1462).

Updated 22 October 2026

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