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w_ c
w_ (wǝ_) conj. and, also

ky c
ky conj. because, for

  1 because, for OA, OA-East, OfA-Egypt, Palm, Sam, LJLA.
  2 that OfA, Sam.
  3 when Sam.
  4 indeed Sam.

mn p
mn (men) prep. from
In Jewish texts also מין and [as in Hebrew] מִ ; w. pron. suffixes: מִינִּי etc.

  1 from Com. --(a) direction Com. (a.1) place Com. (a.2) person Com. (a.3) as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of directional movement Com. --(b) origin Com. (b.1) place Com. 1 with words indicating location : e.g. מימין : on the right Com. (b.2) person Com. (b.3) material Com. (b.4) time Com. 1 conj.: since, after : see s.v. mn conj. Com. (b.5) as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of movement through time Com. (b.6) as the second element of compound prepositions indicating relative location Com.
  2 partitive Com. --(a) indicating a fractional part Syr. (a.1) as a pseudo-substantive : some of Syr.
  3 indicating the agent BA-Ez, Syr.
  4 indicating the cause Com. --(a) conj : because : see s.v. mn conj. .
  5 comparative Com.
  6 : other verbal complements Com.
  7 between repeated absolutes: distributive Syr.
  8 : multiplicative Jud.
  9 : on the side of, with Syr, Man. --(a) as the first element of compound adverbs of manner Com. (a.1) mnh wbh, mnh wlh : of itself, by itself Syr, JBA. --(b) as an emphasizing first element of compound prepositions, conjunctions Com.
  10 : reflexive Syr.

ywm noun pl. absolute
ywm, ywmˀ (yawm/yōm/yūm, yawmā) n.m. day
In Syr: the abs. is yōm/yūm and the most common pl. is yawmāṯā, BA יוֹמָתָא ; elsewhere yaw/ōm, yaw/ōmīn; there appears to be a lexical distinction between the two plurals in the older dialects, with yawmīn referring to literal "days," while yawmāṯā refers rather to "time, times," but they can be used interchangeably even in the same text: see Hugoye 14(2011):55.

  1 day Com. --(a) with number: the day of the week . (a.1) with a cardinal . (a.2) with an ordinal .
  2 pl.: time Com. --(a) lifetime Com.
  3 daytime, sun light JLAtg.
  4 emph. : today (adv.) [i.e. calque of Hebrew היום ] Sam.
  5 יום ד : conj. : when Sam.

mlk noun pl. construct
mlk, mlkˀ (mleḵ, malkā) n.m. king
BA מֶלֶךְ ; Gal.מליך

  1 king Com. --(a) emperor, caliph, emir, etc. Com. --(b) pl. (the biblical) Book of Kings Syr, JBA.
  2 provincial ruler (governor, satrap) OA-Mesop, Syr.
  3 a priest Man.
  4 metaph.: ruler, chief Syr. --(a) leaven for the eucharist Syr.
  5 a spritual being (= malaka) Man.