The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ c = d_ c --> dy c

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mand. written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y" and in our code transcribed as "ḏ".

  1 who, which (indeclinable relative) Com.
  2 the one(s) who (determinative) Com.
  3 that (complement to verbs) Com. --(a) how it is that Syr.
  4 so that Com.
  5 because Com.
  6 in compound conjunctions Com.
  7 before direct speech Syr, JBA, JBAg.
  8 with correlatives Com.

(l@kyp p01 = (l@kyp p --> (l@gyp p

ˁl gyp, ˁl kyp (ˁal gēp̄/gap̄) prep. on the shore of

To judge by the distribution of the variants, the literary spelling is על כיף , the Palestinian isעל גיף ; CPA always ܥܠ ܓܦ , perhaps reflected a semantic merger of "shore" with gp "wing".

1 on the shore of JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, LJLA.