The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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dyn P01

Generally used as an independent form as opposed to attributive הָדֵין , but occasionally appears for (or as a var. for) the latter. In PTA/Gal/Sam/CPA (and probably Qum.) apparently with a short vowel (which is probably original: see s.v. dnh), for it is almost always spelled defectively in those dialects

1 this one Qum, Jud, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBAmb, LJLA. --(a) דין לדין , דין עם דין , etc. : to/with one another JLAtg, Gal, LJLA.
2 as enclitic in interrogative contexts: now, here, then JLAtg, Sam, LJLA.

dyn noun sg. abs. or construct

dyn, dynˀ (dīn, dīnā) n.m. judgment

  1 judgment Com. --(a) literal: holding to account Com. (a.1) Final Judgment day Com. --(b) fig.: as in English: subjective evaluation Syr.
  10 w. יום : weekday JBA, JBAg.
  2 lawsuit Com. --(a) see s.v. bˁ ldyn Com.
  3 justice, law Com.
  4 cause, case Com. --(a) contest, competition Syr, LJLA.
  5 torture Jud.
  6 exegetical interpr. of scripture Jud.
  7 judges Syr.
  8 account Syr.
  9 criterion Syr. --(a) ܒܗܵܢܵܐ ܕܝܼܢܵܐ : for this reason Syr.