The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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bd c = bd c --> bdy c

OfA בזי; Qum, Palm. also בדי. With zy or dy always written independently; as bd it may be independent or joined to the following word.

  1 because, since, inasmuch as OfA, OfA-Egypt, OfA-Pers, Palm, Qum, JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA.
  2 + ܓܘܼܢ : therefore; cf. s.v. bd gwn conj. Syr.
  3 in the instance where; see infra note JBA.
  4 as much as LJLA.

kd c

kd, kdy (kaḏ) conj. when

oldest kzy > kdy > kd, following development of dy alone; Syr. once ܕܐܟܕ ; Mand. written k pluse the ligature for dy, here transcribed kḏ but occasionally just kid, ki

  1 when Com. --(a) followed by ptcp. (or lˀ + ptcp.) : while (not) X-ing Com.
  2 just as OfA-Egypt, Nab, Man. --(a) as much as OfA, Man. (a.1) inasmuch as Palm. --(b) כְדַחזֵי : as is proper JLAtg, LJLA.
  3 +ܠܐ+ impf.: before one could Syr.
  4 as follows (before quote) OfA-Egypt.
  5 kdy < kd + hy : as it is Nab. --(a) ܗܘܼ ܟܲܕ ܗܘܼ, ܗܝܼ ܟܕ ܗܝܼ : the very same Syr. (a.1) w. prepositions+pronominal forms Syr.
  6 ܡܸܢ ܟܲܕ : after Syr.
  7 ܟܲܕ ܛܵܒ : although Syr.
  8 ܥܲܠ ܟܲܕ : although Syr.
  9 w. pron. suffix : still Sam. --(a) just as it is Sam.
  10 because Sam.