The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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l_ p03

  0 to, for Com.
  1 : of general relationship (nominal) Com. --(a) non-animate genitive Com. --(b) of interest or disinterest Com.
  2 : of general relationship (verbal) Com. --(a) + infinitive : purpose Com. --(b) + infinitive : it is necessary to Syr.
  3 : dative Com. --(a) with transitive verbs Com. --(b) with intransitive verbs Com. --(c) ethical dative Com.
  4 : direction Com. --(a) addressee of letters Com. --(b) כל + direction name : in the direction of Qum.
  5 : possession Com. --(a) forming a compound substantive : that which belongs to ... Com.
  6 : marking the definite direct object Com.
  7 : subject of a passive part. in a perfective construction OfA-Pers, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
  8 + number : after X Syr.
  9 in fixed expressions . --(a) to give or take lˀntw. lˀnth : as wife Com. --(b) לאמר , לְמֵמַר : as follows, quoteative introduction , OfAGen.

mn P02

mn (man) pron. who?

often spelled מאן in Jewish texts for disambiguation from mn prep.

  1 who? Com. --(a) +(h)w, (h)y Com. (a.1) mn dhw : someone Syr, JBA. --(b) +šm const./pron. suffix : who are/is ? BA-Ez, Qum, JLAtg, Syr.
  2 + zy/dy/d : whoever, one who Com.
  3 introducing hypothetical exclamatory clauses: would that JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. --(a) ܡܢ ܕܝܢ + perf. verb Syr.

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.

dn P01 = dn R --> dyn R

dyn, dn (dēn, den) pron. this one

Generally used as an independent form as opposed to attributive הָדֵין , but occasionally appears for (or as a var. for) the latter. In PTA/Gal/Sam/CPA (and probably Qum.) apparently with a short vowel (which is probably original: see s.v. dnh), for it is almost always spelled defectively in those dialects

1 this one Qum, Jud, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBAmb, LJLA. --(a) דין לדין , דין עם דין , etc. : to/with one another JLAtg, Gal, LJLA.
2 as enclitic in interrogative contexts: now, here, then JLAtg, Sam, LJLA.