The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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w_ c

rb A01

pl. raḇrəḇīn -> rawrəḇīn; JPA, CPA also rwb

  1 large Com.
  2 great, of major significance Com. --(a) important, chief (see also s.v. rb n.m.) Com. --(b) (logic) fem.: major premise Syr. --(c) fem. : miracle Syr.
  3 (of age) : older JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. --(a) elder Palm. --(b) adult, fully grown OfA-Egypt.

)w c

ˀw (ˀaw/ˀō) conj. or

CPA: ܐܐܿ (CPA also has ܐܘ , but that would appear to be a loan from Arabic.

  1 or Com.
  2 ˀw ... ˀw : if . . . but if, whether . . . or Com. --(a) alone : if (possibly simply a scribal error for normative JBA אי < ˀn) JBA, JBAg.
  3 equivalent to MT אִם as the second clause in a question Qum, Gal.
  4 with comparative adjs. or actions (calque of Greek. ἤ): rather than, more than Syr.