The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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w_ c

b_ p02

  1 in Com. --(a) a place Com. --(b) within a structure or other enclosing object Com. --(c) during a time period Com.
  2 with (instrumentative) Com. --(a) using, according to Com. (a.1) w. ymˀ, etc., : to swear by Com. --(b) (as opposed to "without") having Syr.
  3 among Com. --(a) adjective + b_ = superlative Com. --(b) with a number: multiplicative Syr. --(c) w. transitive verbs: to do some (damage, building, fixing, etc.) to something Qum, JLAtg, PTA, LJLA.
  4 at Com. --(a) a certain time Com.
  5 to, into Com.
  6 with regard to (i.e., as a general adverbializing particle w. various verbs, nouns, and adjectives) . --(a) (w. to give:) for, in exchange for Com. --(b) specialized meanings with various verbs: see s.vv. šlṭ, ḥzy, ḥwy Com. --(c) idiomatic usages with various nouns: see s.vv. ryš, šm, . --(d) see also under various complete collocations as adverbs and preps, e.g. bˀnpy, byd p., etc. .

l) a02

lˀ (lā) adv. no, not

OA just l presumably always prefixed to the following word. Sam. occasionally the same. Early Egyptian OfA alternating lh and lˀ but elsewhere almost always with final aleph in the literary tradition and even so in Gal. and Sam. where other final long /a/ vowels are regularly rendered with heh.

  1 no, not Com. --(a) ܠܵܐ ܗܘܵܐ : it is not Syr.
  2 ܕܠܵܐ : without : see s.v. dlˀ prep. Syr. --(a) ܕܠܵܐ ܂܂܂ ܘܠܵܐ : without ... and without ... Syr.
  3 compounded with adjectives, nom.agg., abstracts, and adverbs ='un-', 'non', 'in-' Syr. --(a) nom. agg. . (a.1) adjectives therefrom . 1 adverbs therefrom . 2 abstracts therefrom . --(b) other adjectives . --(c) other abstract nouns (not ending in ūṯā) .
  4 הלא see s.v. hlˀ adv. BA-Da.