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)zl verb Gˀzl
vb. a/i, a/a
to go
| JLA, JBA a/i; Syr. a/a. In Syriac and Babylonian the lamadh is often retro-assimilated to zayin when there is no separating vowel in the form, presumably reflecting a more colloquial form, since such is always the case in spoken Aramaic. |
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G
1
to go
Com.
--(a)
literally: to go from one place to another
Com.
(a.1)
to move
JBA.
--(b)
to turn, go in a direction (of a way, road, etc., with and (less often!) without b_)
Syr, LJLA.
--(c)
+על : to attack
JBA.
(c.1)
+ על : to copulate with
JBAg.
2
to go away
Com.
--(a)
to disappear
Gal, Syr, JBA.
(a.1)
depart (from life), especially with ethical dative.
JLAtg, Gal, Syr, JBA.
(a.2)
to be destroyed
Qum, Gal.
(a.3)
p.p. : elided, disappeared
Syr.
--(b)
to be led off, to be carried off
Syr.
--(c)
to be used up
LJLA.
(c.1)
p.p. : to be gone out
Syr.
--(d)
to be dropped as a subject of discussion
JBA.
3
as co-verb : to go ahead and do something
Com.
--(a)
to continue, go on and on doing something
Syr, JBA.
4
to be going on, to be happening (colloquial only?)
JBA.
--(a)
(price) to be current, to go for
Syr, JBA.
(a.1)
w. ב : to cost X
JBA.
5
fig.: to proceed, to behave, to act in a certain way
Qum, Syr, JBA.
--(a)
fig.: w. ܠܼ : to go with, be appropriate for, be of use
Syr.
--(b)
w. בתר : to follow an opinion (cf. also s.v. ˀzd)
JBA.
--(c)
+ ܠܒܵܬܪܸܗ܂ ܠܒܸܣܬܪܸܗ : to become worse
Syr.
Gt
1
to depart
JBA.
hwy verb Ghwy
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. |
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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.
