The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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sgy A03

sgy, śgyˀ (śaggīˀ -> saggī) adj. many, much

MA and older: śgyˀ, śgy; often used adverbially (i.e. without inflection) even in attributive contexts. In LJLA the aleph glide is often replaced by ayin as a spelling convention.

  1 many, much Com, ^-OA. --(a) as adverb: much Com. (a.1) bsgy : in a long while CPA. --(b) as subst.: many people, things, etc. Com. (b.1) ܒܣܓܝ̈ܐܬܐ : in a manifold way Syr. --(c) +לסגי : numerous JLAtg.
  2 high Syr.
  3 pl.: syāmē, plural diacritical points Syr.

m_ p03 = m_ p --> mn p

mn (men) prep. from

In Jewish texts also מין and [as in Hebrew] מִ ; w. pron. suffixes: מִינִּי etc.

  1 from Com. --(a) direction Com. (a.1) place Com. (a.2) person Com. (a.3) as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of directional movement Com. --(b) origin Com. (b.1) place Com. 1 with words indicating location : e.g. מימין : on the right Com. (b.2) person Com. (b.3) material Com. (b.4) time Com. 1 conj.: since, after : see s.v. mn conj. Com. (b.5) as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of movement through time Com. (b.6) as the second element of compound prepositions indicating relative location Com.
  2 partitive Com. --(a) indicating a fractional part Syr. (a.1) as a pseudo-substantive : some of Syr.
  3 indicating the agent BA-Ez, Syr.
  4 indicating the cause Com. --(a) conj : because : see s.v. mn conj. .
  5 comparative Com.
  6 : other verbal complements Com.
  7 between repeated absolutes: distributive Syr.
  8 : multiplicative Jud.
  9 : on the side of, with Syr, Man. --(a) as the first element of compound adverbs of manner Com. (a.1) mnh wbh, mnh wlh : of itself, by itself Syr, JBA. --(b) as an emphasizing first element of compound prepositions, conjunctions Com.
  10 : reflexive Syr.

d_ c = d_ c --> 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".

  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.

sgy A03

sgy, śgyˀ (śaggīˀ -> saggī) adj. many, much

MA and older: śgyˀ, śgy; often used adverbially (i.e. without inflection) even in attributive contexts. In LJLA the aleph glide is often replaced by ayin as a spelling convention.