Forms ending in the original final ā persist into Middle Aramaic; starting then (note both forms at Qumran) and thereafter all dialects show the final -ān.
1 thereCom, -OA-Bab.
--(a) as a chronological indicationSyr.
--(b) ܬܡܢ ܂܂܂ ܘܬܡܢ : in one case ..., while in the otherSyr.
--(c) position in a textGal.
--(d) in opposition to "here" : Babylonia vs. Eretz-IsraelGal.