The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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w_ c

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.

)m noun sg. emphatic

ˀm, ˀmˀ (ˀem, ˀemmā) n.f. mother

pl. ˀemmǝhān, ˀemmǝhāṯā (Sam. אמאיתה )

  1 mother Com. --(a) of human beings Com. (a.1) אימא דאימא : maternal grandmother JBA. (a.2) fig.: abbess Syr. (a.3) אמה רבתי : grandmother JBA. --(b) of animals Com. --(c) ܐܡܝ : as a colloquial usage for "my wife" Syr.
  2 origin, base point Syr. --(a) main shoot of a vine Syr. --(b) of branching roads Gal. --(c) +ܕܪܹܝܫܵܐ : top of the head Syr.
  3 fig.: central city of a region, metopolis Syr. --(a) fig. : the way a stone of a fruit is attached to the flesh JBA.
  4 +ܕܓܲܡܠܸܐ : a musical instrument Syr.