ላዕለ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Fro the preposition ለ- (lä-, to, toward) + Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-.

Preposition

ላዕለ • (laʿlä) (suffixed form ላዕሌ- (laʿle-))

  1. above, on, upon
  2. over
  3. against
  4. about, concerning

Inflection

Inflected forms
base form ላዕለ (laʿlä)
personal pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
1st person ላዕሌተ (laʿletä) ላዕሌነ (laʿlenä)
2nd person ላዕሌከ (laʿlekä) ላዕሌኪ (laʿleki) ላዕሌክሙ (laʿlekmu) ላዕሌክን (laʿlekn)
3rd person ላዕሌቱ (laʿletu) ላዕሌቲ (laʿleti) ላዕሌሙ (laʿlemu) ላዕሌን (laʿlen)

References

Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN page 304a