The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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md_ c = md_ c --> mn c

LJLA also מד ; Gal. alone (i.e. before participles) usually with nun assimilated and often spelled independently as מי , but apparently always מן ד otherwise

1 (before relatives) since, after Com. --(a) because BA-Ez, Palm, Qum, JBA, LJLA.
2 (alone, before non relativized participles) : while ...ing Gal, CPA, Sam.

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.