The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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sgy verb G

Syr. perfect both ܣܓܵܐ and ܣܓܼܝ ; JBA also זגי

G
  1 to be much Com. --(a) impers.: to be sufficient for someone JBA, JBAg. (a.1) לא זגי דלא٠ לא סגי דלא : one must, it is obligatory JBA. --(b) to do much Syr.
  2 to grow Jud, Syr.
  3 to be strong Syr. --(a) to come out well Syr.

D
1 to become very numerous JLAtg.
2 to make numerous or to provide with much Syr.

C
  1 to make numerous Qum, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. --(a) to enlarge Jud.
  2 w. co-verb : to do something often or much Syr. --(a) w. l_ infinitive JLAtg, PTA, LJLA.
  3 + ܠܘܬ : to provide for abundantly Syr.
  4 (gram.) to make plural Syr.

Gt
1 to increase in number Gal, PTA, CPA, LJLA.

Ct
1 to be multiplied Syr.
2 to be made plural Syr.

hwy verb G

hwy vb. to be, to become

In Jewish texts (BA, Qum, and LJLA in particular), the 3ms. sg. is usually להוה to avoid homography w. the Tetragrammaton. The imperf. is often apocopated to y/nhē in most dialects, especially as a jussive, possibly for similar reasons.

G
  1 to be Com. --(a) (gram.) as a marker of tense Com. (a.1) w. participle to mark progressivity or imperfectivity Com. (a.2) past tense, to mark perfectivity or conditionality Com. --(b) to become Com. (b.1) w. l_ : to change state, to turn into Com, ^-OA ^-OfA.
  2 to endure, to exist Com.
  3 to come to pass, to happen Com. --(a) to come into being Syr. --(b) w. suffixed pron. indirect obj. : to happen to Syr.
  4 in idioms: Com. --(a) ܠܘܵܬ ܢܲܦܫܸܗ : to come to one's senses Syr. --(b) ܠܘܵܬ : to stay with someone Syr.

C
1 to create Syr.

Gt
1 to become, to be changed Sam.

Ct
1 to be created Syr.