The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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$bx verb D

the Mandaic G stem appears in finite forms in the by-form ŠHB, while the G participle has the old form šbih, othewise ŠBA is more common

G
1 part. pass. praiseworthy : see s.v. šbyḥ adj. Syr, JBA.
2 to praise Man.

D
  1 to praise Com, ^-OA ^-OfA ^-BA. --(a) in the sense of hymning a divinity or royalty Com, ^-OA ^-OfA. (a.1) p.p. : made holy through divine praise LJLA. --(b) in the sense of general rejoicing JLAtg. --(c) to sing a hymn of praise LJLA.
  2 to commend Palm, JLAtg, Gal, LJLA. --(a) to be of the opinion Syr.
  3 to polish Syr.

Dt
1 to be praised Syr. --(a) to be glorified JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr. --(b) w. b_ : to be praiseworthy for JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.
2 to boast, be proud JLAtg, Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(a) w. ב _ : to praise, commend JLAtg, Gal, JBA.

$kx verb G

škḥ vb. a/a to find; to be capable

A highly irregular verb. The initial aleph is prothetic, but the resulting form is treated as a quasi-afel, often with a preformative vowel in a instead of original e. Hence the active participle in mem, already in OfA, which even shows the distinctive heh of the early h/afel. CPA shows a perfect passive ܐܫܟܝܚ ; Sam. almost always שקח or שקע

G
1 to find Com. --(a) p.p.: found, present; see s.v. škyḥ adj. Syr. --(b) to harvest Syr.
2 w. infinitive : to be able to, capable of Qum, JLAtg, Gal, Syr. --(a) as co-verb . --(b) as independent vb. . (b.1) to overcome, conquer Syr.

C
1 See pe'al and note on forms Com.

Gt
1 to be found Com. --(a) to be found to be Syr.
2 to be present, to exist BA-Da, Palm, Gal, Syr. --(a) as coverb: to happen by while doing something; to turn out to be something Gal, Syr, JBA.

Ct
1 See etpe'el .