The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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mh P01

CPA also as proclitic ܡ

  1 what? Com. --(a) + l_ : what is the matter with? Com.
  2 (usually) with following adj.: how! JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA. --(a) interrog. how, why Gal, Sam.
  3 what (indef./rel. pron.) Com. --(a) ܡܐ ܕܠܐ : be that as it may, in any event Syr.
  5 did not ? Sam.

mn P01

mn (man) pron. who?

often spelled מאן in Jewish texts for disambiguation from mn prep.

  1 who? Com. --(a) +(h)w, (h)y Com. (a.1) mn dhw : someone Syr, JBA. --(b) +šm const./pron. suffix : who are/is ? BA-Ez, Qum, JLAtg, Syr.
  2 + zy/dy/d : whoever, one who Com.
  3 introducing hypothetical exclamatory clauses: would that JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. --(a) ܡܢ ܕܝܢ + perf. verb Syr.