The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ c = d_ c --> dy c

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mand. written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y" and in our code transcribed as "ḏ".

  1 who, which (indeclinable relative) Com.
  2 the one(s) who (determinative) Com.
  3 that (complement to verbs) Com. --(a) how it is that Syr.
  4 so that Com.
  5 because Com.
  6 in compound conjunctions Com.
  7 before direct speech Syr, JBA, JBAg.
  8 with correlatives Com.

q$y verb C

qšy vb. to be difficult

G
1 to be difficult JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA.
2 to have difficulties OfA-Egypt, CPA, Sam, LJLA.

D
  1 to harden Syr.
  2 to treat hard Syr. --(a) to dispute Gal, JBA.
  3 to do with great difficulty JLAtg.
  4 to make heavy CPA.
  5 (gram.) to write with quššāyā Syr.

C
  1 to make hard, to harden JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA. --(a) ܒܐܘܼܠܨ̈ܵܢܸܐ : to afflict Syr. --(b) to fasten, tighten CPA. --(c) to get an erection JBA.
  2 to behave harshly or brazenly Syr, JBA.
  3 to make difficult JLAtg. --(a) to dispute, to argue JBA.

Gt
  1 to have difficulties Sam.
  2 to be stubborn Sam.
  3 (w. ל : to be too difficult for LJLA.

Dt
  1 to harden oneself Syr. --(a) to become vehement Syr.
  2 to be hardened Syr. --(a) to be frozen Syr.
  3 to become heavy CPA.
  4 to be in travail PTA.
  5 to dispute Gal.
  6 to be asked a difficult question Gal, JBA.