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.

(sb noun sg. abs. or construct

ˁsb, ˁsbˀ (ˁeseḇ, ˁesbā) n.m. grass, plant

from ˁśb, thus BA, Qum,, Palm. and Jewish dialects [from Hebrew!] ˁśb.

1 grass, plant Com, ^-OA ^-OfA.

d_ c = d_ c --> dy c

dy conj. who,which (relative)

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mand. written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y" and in our code transcribed as "ḏ".

  1 who, which (indeclinable relative) Com.
  2 the one(s) who (determinative) Com.
  3 that (complement to verbs) Com. --(a) how it is that Syr.
  4 so that Com.
  5 because Com.
  6 in compound conjunctions Com.
  7 before direct speech Syr, JBA, JBAg.
  8 with correlatives Com.

(sb noun sg. emphatic

ˁsb, ˁsbˀ (ˁeseḇ, ˁesbā) n.m. grass, plant

from ˁśb, thus BA, Qum,, Palm. and Jewish dialects [from Hebrew!] ˁśb.

1 grass, plant Com, ^-OA ^-OfA.