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.

qdm p02

qdm (qd̠ām, qŭd̠ām) prep. before

Syr ܩܕܵܡ ; CPA ܩܘܕܡ

  1 before Com. --(a) spatial Com. (a.1) in the presence of, with a high official or divinity reflecting respect and distance Com. (a.2) reflecting close relationship to a king or god Com. --(b) temporal Com. (b.1) before a rel. clause as a conjunction Com.
  2 opposite Syr.
  3 as a substantive : front part Syr.