The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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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.

ryx verb C= ryx V --> rwx V

rwḥ vb. a/u to breathe easily; D to placate

middle weak with yodh in derived stems; thus others have it s.v. ryḥ, but that is clearly not appropriate for the Syriac G forms

G
  1 to breathe easily Syr. --(a) of breath Syr.
  2 fig. : to revive, recover Syr.
  3 to scent (?), to give off scent (?) Qum.

D
1 to placate Syr.
2 to molify, soften Syr.

C
  1 to smell (trans.) Com. --(a) fig. : to perceive Qum, Syr.
  2 to blow Syr.
  3 to make someone smell something Man.
  4 to presage Syr.

Dt
1 ܐܸܬܪܲܝܲܚ : to be appeased, placated Syr.

Ct
1 to be smelled Syr.