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.

$kx verb Gt

škḥ vb. a/a to find; to be capable

A highly irregular verb. The initial aleph is prothetic, but the resulting form is treated as a quasi-afel, often with a preformative vowel in a instead of original e. Hence the active participle in mem, already in OfA, which even shows the distinctive heh of the early h/afel. CPA shows a perfect passive ܐܫܟܝܚ ; Sam. almost always שקח or שקע

G
1 to find Com. --(a) p.p.: found, present; see s.v. škyḥ adj. Syr. --(b) to harvest Syr.
2 w. infinitive : to be able to, capable of Qum, JLAtg, Gal, Syr. --(a) as co-verb . --(b) as independent vb. . (b.1) to overcome, conquer Syr.

C
1 See pe'al and note on forms Com.

Gt
1 to be found Com. --(a) to be found to be Syr.
2 to be present, to exist BA-Da, Palm, Gal, Syr. --(a) as coverb: to happen by while doing something; to turn out to be something Gal, Syr, JBA.

Ct
1 See etpe'el .

dy c

dy conj. who,which (relative)

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".