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