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.

z(r verb C

zˁr vb. e/a to be(come) small

Mand. ethp.ˁṣṭar

G
1 to be small, to become small Com.
2 to be lacking Syr. --(a) w. נפש : to faint Gal.

D
1 to make small Syr. --(a) to diminish Syr. --(b) fig.: to despise Syr.
2 to curse PTA, LJLA.

C
  1 to make small JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. --(a) to diminish Syr, LJLA. --(b) fig.: to regard as of little worth Syr.
  2 to do little JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.
  3 to make poor Syr.
  4 to curse PTA, LJLA.

Gt
1 to become small Gal, Man, LJLA.

Dt
1 to be diminished Syr.