The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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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.

mdbx noun sg. emphatic

mdbḥ, mdbḥˀ (maḏbaḥ, maḏbḥā) n.m. altar

BA, JLA מַדְבְּחָא Syr ܡܲܕܒܲܚ Mand. madba, madbha; pl -ī,ē; LJLA also -āṯā (TgPs 88:4). ENA madbxa, madivxa (so, too, late Nest.)

  1 altar Com.
  2 small church, sanctuary [→ byt mdbḥ] OfA-Egypt, Syr, Man.
  3 choir of a church Syr.

mdbx noun sg. emphatic

mdbḥ, mdbḥˀ (maḏbaḥ, maḏbḥā) n.m. altar

BA, JLA מַדְבְּחָא Syr ܡܲܕܒܲܚ Mand. madba, madbha; pl -ī,ē; LJLA also -āṯā (TgPs 88:4). ENA madbxa, madivxa (so, too, late Nest.)

  1 altar Com.
  2 small church, sanctuary [→ byt mdbḥ] OfA-Egypt, Syr, Man.
  3 choir of a church Syr.