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.

(dm) c = (dm) c --> (dm) p

ˁdmˀ (ˁăd̠ammā) prep. until

JBAbowls: עדמא, עד אמא, עדאמי In CPA usually written as two words. Mand: alma, i.e. homgraphic with the word "World"

1 usually w. l_ : prep. : as far as, until, up to Hat, Syr. --(a) chronological Syr. --(b) locational Syr, JBAmb. (b.1) w. ܠܘܵܬ, ܨܹܝܕ : with a person Syr. --(c) relational, to the degree of Syr.
2 as conj. : until CPA, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA. --(a) while Syr. --(b) to such a degree that Syr.