The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ p = d_ p --> dy p

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mandaic written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y", in our code transcribed as "ḏ", and considered to be the last letter of the alphabet.

  1 of, genitive particle Com. --(a) w. implied head word: the thing(s) belonging/related to s..o./something Com.
  2 first element of lexemes Com.
  3 in split genitive phrases Com. --(a) after certain prepositions with pronominal suffix : itself, very Syr.
  4 after numbers Com. --(a) before cardinal numbers: as ordinal Syr.
  5 determinative pron. Com.
  6 per, by Syr.

mwld noun sg. emphatic

mwld, mwldˀ (mawlāḏ, mawlāḏā) n.m. birth

Mand: maudala

  1 birth Com. --(a) (astron.) the first appearance of a heavenly body Syr, LJLA. (a.1) new moon, i.e., the beginning of a lunar month Syr, LJLA. (a.2) new year (technically, the first appearance of Sirius) Syr.
  2 production Syr.
  3 delivery (birth as a process) CPA, Sam. --(a) metaph.: child Sam.