The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

Click on a headword to see a complete lexicon entry in another window

d_ p = d_ p --> dy p

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.

bsm noun sg. abs. or construct

bsm, bsmˀ (bŭsam, be/usmā) n.m. smell, spice

Spelled with śin in pre-classical texts. Plural both simple and with nun expansion, thus ܒܸܣ̈ܡܵܢܸܐ܂ ܒܸܣܡ̈ܘܼܢܸܐ , Mand. busmania; JBA בסמני. In JLA the form in ānīn seems to mean specifically "different kinds of spices," but in variants there and regularly in LJLA there does not seem to be any consistent semantic difference between the two forms.

1 spice, perfume Com. --(a) often pl. tant. Com.
2 sweet smell Qum, CPA, Syr, Man.