PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

_ (the underscore) is the placeholder for exactly one character.
% (the percent sign) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character.
%% (two percent signs) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character, but not for blank space (so that a search ends at word boundaries).

At the beginning and at the end, these placeholders are superfluous.

passer par ‘cut off’

French

References: PH Morelon: I.10:7, 34:11; I.11:5, 38:21; I.13:5, 48:14
Translation of:
Arabic: جاز [PH Morelon: I.11:5, 39:14; I.13:5, 49:9]
Arabic: مرّ [PH Morelon: I.10:7, 35:9]
Synonyms:
déterminer[PH Morelon: I.8:2, 26:6]