The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ p = d_ p --> dy p

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mandaic written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y", in our code transcribed as "ḏ", and considered to be the last letter of the alphabet.

  1 of, genitive particle Com. --(a) w. implied head word: the thing(s) belonging/related to s..o./something Com.
  2 first element of lexemes Com.
  3 in split genitive phrases Com. --(a) after certain prepositions with pronominal suffix : itself, very Syr.
  4 after numbers Com. --(a) before cardinal numbers: as ordinal Syr.
  5 determinative pron. Com.
  6 per, by Syr.

br noun sg. emphatic

br, brˀ (bar (ber), brā) n.m. son

plural: bnīn (Sam. const. also bārī!); absolute: bar in literary and Eastern dialects, ber in Western. In the plurals of compounds br almost always appears in the plural form itself.

  1 son, child Com. --(a) of an animal Com.
  2 member of the same cohort (see also 'compounds' 3.2) Com. --(a) metaph.: disciple Syr. (a.1) in const. w. PN of a famous person Syr.
  3 in compounds . --(a) literally characterizing a type of child or son . (a.1) a kinship term . (a.2) a type of creature . (a.3) a small version of something . 1 a small object or being found attached to something else . --(b) characterizing individual members of a class or group . (b.1) same X one: someone sharing a characteristic . (b.2) member of a gentilic group . --(c) s.o marked by a particular acquired characteristic or skill . --(d) liable to be acted upon JBA. --(e) unclassified .
  4 in construct with a unit of time to express age Com. --(a) separated from the time unit by a number Syr. --(b) with a unit of measure to express size Syr.

kd c

kd, kdy (kaḏ) conj. when

oldest kzy > kdy > kd, following development of dy alone; Syr. once ܕܐܟܕ ; Mand. written k pluse the ligature for dy, here transcribed kḏ but occasionally just kid, ki

  1 when Com. --(a) followed by ptcp. (or lˀ + ptcp.) : while (not) X-ing Com.
  2 just as OfA-Egypt, Nab, Man. --(a) as much as OfA, Man. (a.1) inasmuch as Palm. --(b) כְדַחזֵי : as is proper JLAtg, LJLA.
  3 +ܠܐ+ impf.: before one could Syr.
  4 as follows (before quote) OfA-Egypt.
  5 kdy < kd + hy : as it is Nab. --(a) ܗܘܼ ܟܲܕ ܗܘܼ, ܗܝܼ ܟܕ ܗܝܼ : the very same Syr. (a.1) w. prepositions+pronominal forms Syr.
  6 ܡܸܢ ܟܲܕ : after Syr.
  7 ܟܲܕ ܛܵܒ : although Syr.
  8 ܥܲܠ ܟܲܕ : although Syr.
  9 w. pron. suffix : still Sam. --(a) just as it is Sam.
  10 because Sam.