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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.

myyn noun pl. construct
myyn, myˀ (mayyīn, mayyā) n.m.pl. water
LJLA occas.vars. מאין , (Hebraizing) pl. const.מימי ; Syr. w. 3ms. suffix ܡܲܘ̈ܗܝ ; Mand. occas. the modern formmaina, though some exs. might better be assigned to mˁyn "spring".

  1 water Com.
  2 semen Syr.
  3 juice Syr.
  4 in collocations meaning liquid or juice of ... . --(a) + body ܡܲܝ̈ ܦܲܓܪܵܐ : urine Syr. (a.1) w. ܟܢܫ : see s.v. knyš Syr. --(b) + feet (as euph. for genitals) ܡܲܝ̈ ܪܸ̈ܓܠܸܐ : urine Syr. --(c) + salt ܡܲܝ̈ ܡܸܠܚܵܐ : garum (fish sauce) Syr. (c.1) (zool.) + fish : fish brine JBA. --(d) + ashes ܡܲܝ̈ ܩܸܛܡܵܐ : a) lye-ash; b) oil-of-myrrh Syr. (d.1) + soap ܡܲܝ ܣܦܘܢܪ̈ܐ : lye(?), cinerea(?) Syr. --(e) + vitriol ܡܲܝ ܚܪܬܐ, ܡܲܝܝܵܐ ܕܚܪܬܐ : ink Syr. --(f) +eggs : egg whites Syr, JBA. --(g) + bran : bran solution JBA. --(h) + slq : an alcoholic brew made with beet-root Syr, JBA. --(i) + דקרנינא : (?) JBAg. --(j) +זריון flax water/wine JBA. --(k) + metals : amalgam of mercury with a metal Syr. --(l) ܕܟܦܣܢܝܬܐ : menstrual fluid Syr.