The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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xmy verb G

G
  1 to see Jud, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, LJLA.
  2 w. infinitive: to see fit to do something Gal. --(a) p.p. : to be appropriate to do LJLA.
  3 w. ב : to look at, study carefully Gal. --(a) to witness, be present at LJLA.

D
1 to show Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam.

C
1 to demonstrate LJLA.
2 to make watch over, preserve (?) Man.

Gt
1 to be seen, to appear Palm, Jud, CPA, Sam, JBA. --(a) +כות : to look like someone LJLA.

hwy verb G

hwy vb. to be, to become

In Jewish texts (BA, Qum, and LJLA in particular), the 3ms. sg. is usually להוה to avoid homography w. the Tetragrammaton. The imperf. is often apocopated to y/nhē in most dialects, especially as a jussive, possibly for similar reasons.

G
  1 to be Com. --(a) (gram.) as a marker of tense Com. (a.1) w. participle to mark progressivity or imperfectivity Com. (a.2) past tense, to mark perfectivity or conditionality Com. --(b) to become Com. (b.1) w. l_ : to change state, to turn into Com, ^-OA ^-OfA.
  2 to endure, to exist Com.
  3 to come to pass, to happen Com. --(a) to come into being Syr. --(b) w. suffixed pron. indirect obj. : to happen to Syr.
  4 in idioms: Com. --(a) ܠܘܵܬ ܢܲܦܫܸܗ : to come to one's senses Syr. --(b) ܠܘܵܬ : to stay with someone Syr.

C
1 to create Syr.

Gt
1 to become, to be changed Sam.

Ct
1 to be created Syr.