The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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rb A02

pl. raḇrəḇīn -> rawrəḇīn; JPA, CPA also rwb

  1 large Com.
  2 great, of major significance Com. --(a) important, chief (see also s.v. rb n.m.) Com. --(b) (logic) fem.: major premise Syr. --(c) fem. : miracle Syr.
  3 (of age) : older JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. --(a) elder Palm. --(b) adult, fully grown OfA-Egypt.

d_ p = d_ p --> dy p

dy prep. of, genitive particle

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mandaic written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y", in our code transcribed as "ḏ", and considered to be the last letter of the alphabet.

  1 of, genitive particle Com. --(a) w. implied head word: the thing(s) belonging/related to s..o./something Com.
  2 first element of lexemes Com.
  3 in split genitive phrases Com. --(a) after certain prepositions with pronominal suffix : itself, very Syr.
  4 after numbers Com. --(a) before cardinal numbers: as ordinal Syr.
  5 determinative pron. Com.
  6 per, by Syr.

prt noun sg. abs. or construct

prt (prā/aṯ) n.m. The Euphrates

Mand: praš, prat

1 The Euphrates JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, Man, LJLA.
2 fig. : source Sam.