The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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  0 to, for Com.
  1 : of general relationship (nominal) Com. --(a) non-animate genitive Com. --(b) of interest or disinterest Com.
  2 : of general relationship (verbal) Com. --(a) + infinitive : purpose Com. --(b) + infinitive : it is necessary to Syr.
  3 : dative Com. --(a) with transitive verbs Com. --(b) with intransitive verbs Com. --(c) ethical dative Com.
  4 : direction Com. --(a) addressee of letters Com. --(b) כל + direction name : in the direction of Qum.
  5 : possession Com. --(a) forming a compound substantive : that which belongs to ... Com.
  6 : marking the definite direct object Com.
  7 : subject of a passive part. in a perfective construction OfA-Pers, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
  8 + number : after X Syr.
  9 in fixed expressions . --(a) to give or take lˀntw. lˀnth : as wife Com. --(b) לאמר , לְמֵמַר : as follows, quoteative introduction , OfAGen.

)y$ noun sg. abs. or construct

ˀyš (ˀīš) n.m. person; someone

OA, (DA, Sam'al), OfA informal also:אש ; morphologically this word is treated as a pronoun rather than a noun, with a determined form used only in Samaritan (and perhaps in two broken contexts in OA). Determined and plural equivalents are instead those of ˀnš and br ˀnš.

1 person Com, ^-Syr. --(a) a person of special position Sam. --(b) denizens (coll.) Qum. --(c) specifically: a male human being (?) Com, ^-Syr.
2 someone, no one, anyone Com, ^-Syr.