The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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myyn noun pl. emphatic

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.

mh P01

mh (mā) pron. what?

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.