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.

dépasser‘overtaking’

French. – Grammar: v.

References: PH Morelon: I.5:4, 22:3
Translation of:
Arabic: فضل [PH Morelon: I.5:4, 23:3]