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.

sb A02 = sb A --> sb N

sb, sbˀ (sāḇ, sāḇā) n.m. old man

OfA and occasionally in Jewish texts: śb

  1 old man, elder Com. --(a) tribal leader, sheikh Syr. --(b) adj. : (flock) aged LJLA. --(c) learned elder JBA.
  2 grandfather Jud, Syr, LJLA. --(a) ancestor Gal.
  3 'Tanna', a carrier of the oral tradition Gal.