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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.
br noun pl. constructbr, brˀ
(bar (ber), brā)
n.m.
son
| plural: bnīn (Sam. const. also bārī!); absolute: bar in literary and Eastern dialects, ber in Western. In the plurals of compounds br almost always appears in the plural form itself. |
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1
son, child
Com.
--(a)
of an animal
Com.
2
member of the same cohort (see also 'compounds' 3.2)
Com.
--(a)
metaph.: disciple
Syr.
(a.1)
in const. w. PN of a famous person
Syr.
3
in compounds
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--(a)
literally characterizing a type of child or son
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(a.1)
a kinship term
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(a.2)
a type of creature
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(a.3)
a small version of something
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1
a small object or being found attached to something else
.
--(b)
characterizing individual members of a class or group
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(b.1)
same X one: someone sharing a characteristic
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(b.2)
member of a gentilic group
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--(c)
s.o marked by a particular acquired characteristic or skill
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--(d)
liable to be acted upon
JBA.
--(e)
unclassified
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4
in construct with a unit of time to express age
Com.
--(a)
separated from the time unit by a number
Syr.
--(b)
with a unit of measure to express size
Syr.
