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.

xmr#2 noun sg. emphatic

ḥmr, ḥmrˀ (ḥmār, ḥmārā) n.m./f. #2ass

Syr. pl. ܚܸܡܪܸ̈ܐ and ܚܸܡܪ̈ܵܐ ; Sam. also in Hebrew fashion חמור

  1 ass Com.
  2 she-ass Gal, Syr.
  3 'ass-load' - a dry measure OA-East, OfA-Egypt. --(a) dḥmr : very heavy : see s.v rḥy n.m. and rxyh n.f. Syr.
  4 metaph. Gal, Syr. --(a) a stupid, stubborm person Gal, Syr. --(b) a mechanical device (cmp. Eng. 'mule') Gal. --(c) earthworm Syr.