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فَوْقَ
above / on top of /ˈfawqa/
nounB2#4019 most common
Also: over, beyond
Example sentences
الكرةُ فوقَ الطاولةِ.
The ball is on top of the table.
الطائرُ يطيرُ فوقَ الشجرةِ.
The bird flies above the tree.
وضعَ الكتابَ فوقَ الرفِّ.
He put the book on top of the shelf.
تُحلّقُ الطائرةُ فوقَ الغيومِ.
The plane flies above the clouds.
هو رجلٌ فوقَ الشبهاتِ.
He is a man above suspicion.
يعيشُ بعضُ الناسِ فوقَ طاقتهم الماديةِ.
Some people live beyond their financial means.
Word family
فاقto surpass, exceed
تفوّقto excel, be superior
فائقexcelling, superb
متفوّقoutstanding, top-performing
فوقانيupper, top
Etymology
Fawqa comes from the Arabic triliteral root f-w-q (ف و ق), which carries the core sense of rising above or surpassing. From this root Arabic also derives faaqa (to surpass, excel) and afaaqa (to regain consciousness, literally to come back up). As a Semitic root it has no traceable Indo-European ancestor, so it sits outside the Proto-Indo-European family tree entirely.
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