In Jewish texts also מין and [as in Hebrew] מִ ; w. pron. suffixes: מִינִּי etc.
1 fromCom.
--(a) directionCom.
(a.1) placeCom.
(a.2) personCom.
(a.3) as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of directional movementCom.
--(b) originCom.
(b.1) placeCom.
1 with words indicating location : e.g. מימין : on the rightCom.
(b.2) personCom.
(b.3) materialCom.
(b.4) timeCom.
1 conj.: since, after : see s.v. mn conj.Com.
(b.5) as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of movement through timeCom.
(b.6) as the second element of compound prepositions indicating relative locationCom.
2 partitiveCom.
--(a) indicating a fractional partSyr.
(a.1) as a pseudo-substantive : some ofSyr.
3 indicating the agentBA-Ez, Syr.
4 indicating the causeCom.
--(a) conj : because : see s.v. mn conj.
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5 comparativeCom.
6 : other verbal complementsCom.
7 between repeated absolutes: distributiveSyr.
8 : multiplicativeJud.
9 : on the side of, withSyr, Man.
--(a) as the first element of compound adverbs of mannerCom.
(a.1) mnh wbh, mnh wlh : of itself, by itselfSyr, JBA.
--(b) as an emphasizing first element of compound prepositions, conjunctionsCom.
10 : reflexiveSyr.
r)$ noun sg. abs. or construct= r)$ N --> ry$ N
1 headCom.
--(a) as the seat of visionCom.
2 topCom.
--(a) fig.: top, best, choiceCom.
(a.1) choice, first qualityGal, PTA.
(a.2) bestSyr.
1 (of bad things) : the worstSyr.
(a.3) preferred positionSyr.
(a.4) to go, rise ܠܪܝܫ : to achieve the best, succeedSyr.
--(b) lit. top, thing on topCom.
(b.1) in compounds : the top thing, the main thing
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1 ܪܝܫ ܐܣܬܐ : top of the wall, capstoneSyr.
2 ܪܝܫ ܦܪܨܘܦܐ : foreheadSyr.
3 d/lzwytˀ : capsone (?), cornerstone(?)CPA, Syr.
3 beginningOfA-Egypt, Qum, Gal, Syr.
--(a) first part of a tannaitic statementGal, JBA.
--(b) firstfruitsSyr.
--(c) in compounds : the first thing, beginning
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(c.1) (of a river) sourceQum, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA.
4 capital funds, principalOfA-Egypt, Nab, Syr.
--(a) ריש כיסא : principalJBA.
--(b) ܪܝܫ ܡܠܐ : principalSyr.
5 tip, extremityGal, Syr.
--(a) bit riš : end place, i.e. goal?Man.
6 chief, head of a groupPalm, Nab, Qum, PTA, Syr.
--(a) in compounds: chief X, chief of X
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7 major elementCom.
--(a) chapterSyr.
--(b) regionSyr.
(b.1) major group, section Syr.
--(c) principal organSyr.
--(d) (philos.) principal, fundamental featureSyr.
--(e) individual, one of a groupPalm, Syr.
8 in compounds: something characterized by being a head or top of something
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--(a) ܪܝܫ ܕܟܪܐ : battering ramSyr.
--(b) ܪܝܫ ܕܒܒܐ : myuiokephalon (a disease)Syr.
9 adv (various)Syr.
--(a) ܡܢ ܕܪܝܫ : see s.v. mn ryš adv.Syr.
--(b) mn riš briš : again and again, i.e. foreverMan.
(b.1) ܪܝܫܐ ܪܝܫܐ : one after another, i.e., head after headSyr.
--(c) בריש adv./prep. see s.v. bryšOfA-Egypt, JLAtg.
--(d) ܩܘܡ ܪܝܫܐ : to do something first, most importantlySyr.
--(e) בריש גלי : openly : see s.v. gly adj.JLAtg.
10 center, pointSyr.
--(a) sourceSyr.
(a.1) ܪܝܫ ܡܒܘܥܐ : the source of a springSyr.
11 poison [Heb. ראש , רוש ]JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.