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| dy
| 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. |
| zmn, zmnˀ
| LJLA rare var. זבן (see s.v. zbn #2) |
| dyn, dn
(dēn, den)
| 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 |