The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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qrn noun sg. emphatic

qrn, qrnˀ (qre/an, qarnā) n.f. horn; angle

in its literal sense the plural is the dual qarnayn; JLAtg, LJLA as the altar horns pl. constr. always קַרנָת , but emph. pl. usually קַרנוֹהִי ; JBA, LJLA pl. emph. alsoקַרנָתָא

  1 horn Com. --(a) (music) as a wind instrument Com. --(b) as the horn-shaped protrusion on the corners of an altar Com. --(c) vessel shaped like a horn JLAtg, Syr.
  2 corner Palm, PTA, Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(a) angle Syr. --(b) extreme (pointed?) part Syr, Man. (b.1) projection Syr. 1 projection on a letter Syr. (b.2) chair arm Syr. (b.3) (insect) antenna JBA. --(c) בי קרנתא : meridian JBA. --(d) cusp of the Moon Gal. --(e) (milit.) flank Syr.
  3 capital funds, principal, intrinsic value OA, Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, JBAg.
  4 w. rwm : success, ascendance Syr. --(a) w. ܝܗܒ : to give support, allow to succeed Syr.
  5 (metr.) a measure = 12 sextari Syr.
  6 (bot.) dittany (or perhaps its spike?) Syr.

lb noun sg. emphatic

lb, lbˀ (leḇ, lebbāˀ) n.m. heart

pl: lebbīn, but in derived contexts the Syr.pl. isܠܒ̈ܘܬܐ (compare the treatment of yd); Mand. plural often lilbia!

  1 heart Com.
  2 mind Com. --(a) (l lb: kept in mind, known by heart Com. (a.1) ܡܢ ܠܒܐ : from memory Syr. --(b) blb : secret(ly) BA-Da, Syr.
  3 center, core Syr, Man. --(a) pith Syr. --(b) inwards Syr.
  4 pl. : cakes Syr.