The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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qdm p02

Syr ܩܕܵܡ ; CPA ܩܘܕܡ

  1 before Com. --(a) spatial Com. (a.1) in the presence of, with a high official or divinity reflecting respect and distance Com. (a.2) reflecting close relationship to a king or god Com. --(b) temporal Com. (b.1) before a rel. clause as a conjunction Com.
  2 opposite Syr.
  3 as a substantive : front part Syr.

b_ p02

b_ prep. in, with

  1 in Com. --(a) a place Com. --(b) within a structure or other enclosing object Com. --(c) during a time period Com.
  2 with (instrumentative) Com. --(a) using, according to Com. (a.1) w. ymˀ, etc., : to swear by Com. --(b) (as opposed to "without") having Syr.
  3 among Com. --(a) adjective + b_ = superlative Com. --(b) with a number: multiplicative Syr. --(c) w. transitive verbs: to do some (damage, building, fixing, etc.) to something Qum, JLAtg, PTA, LJLA.
  4 at Com. --(a) a certain time Com.
  5 to, into Com.
  6 with regard to (i.e., as a general adverbializing particle w. various verbs, nouns, and adjectives) . --(a) (w. to give:) for, in exchange for Com. --(b) specialized meanings with various verbs: see s.vv. šlṭ, ḥzy, ḥwy Com. --(c) idiomatic usages with various nouns: see s.vv. ryš, šm, . --(d) see also under various complete collocations as adverbs and preps, e.g. bˀnpy, byd p., etc. .

)dn noun pl. emphatic

ˀdn, ˀdnˀ (ˀe/uḏn, ˀe/uḏnā) n.f. ear

CPA, Syr, JPA ˀeḏnā; JLA/LJLA/Bab ˀuḏnā; JBA also אונא; pl. normally in -īn, but Syriac also ܐܕܢ̈ܬܐ and ܐܕܢ̈ܗܬܐ , possibly with lexical significance!

  1 ear Com.
  2 fish's gill Gal, JBA.
  3 fig. : ear shaped object . --(a) handle Gal, Syr, JBA. --(b) bay of the sea Syr. --(c) the tuning pin of a lyre/guitar Syr. --(d) opening, mouth of a bag-like object Syr, JBA. (d.1) opening of the uterus Syr. --(e) lobe of an organ JBA. --(f) pedestal : see s.v. ˀdn #2 JLAtg, Sam.