The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ p = d_ p --> dy p

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mandaic written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y", in our code transcribed as "ḏ", and considered to be the last letter of the alphabet.

  1 of, genitive particle Com. --(a) w. implied head word: the thing(s) belonging/related to s..o./something Com.
  2 first element of lexemes Com.
  3 in split genitive phrases Com. --(a) after certain prepositions with pronominal suffix : itself, very Syr.
  4 after numbers Com. --(a) before cardinal numbers: as ordinal Syr.
  5 determinative pron. Com.
  6 per, by Syr.

)ry noun sg. abs. or construct

ˀry, ˀryˀ (ˀărē, ˀaryā) n.m. lion

pl. ˀaryawwān, CPA ܐܪ̈ܘܐܢ

  1 (zool.) lion Com. --(a) (astron.) Leo Qum. --(b) ܠܒܐ ܕ : see s.v. lbˀ dˀryˀ Syr.
  2 fig. pl. : great men Gal.
  3 (bot.) in the names of plants Syr. --(a) ܐܪܝܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ Syr. --(b) ܐܪܝܐ ܕܓܘܡܐ : orobanche Syr.