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.

(bd#2 noun pl. emphatic

ˁbd, ˁbdˀ (ˁḇāḏ, ˁḇāḏā) v.n. #2labor

Mand. ˁubada, abada

  1 labor, work (v.n.) Com. --(a) administration Syr. --(b) rite Man. --(c) operation Syr. (c.1) (gram.): predicate of verbal sentence Syr. --(d) edification Syr.
  2 result of work Com. --(a) fiction Jud, Syr. --(b) creature, creation Syr. (b.1) reality Syr. 1 ܐܬܐ ܠܥ܊܂ ܩܡ ܒܥ܊܂ ܐܣܬܥܪ ܒܥ܊ etc. : to come to pass Syr. --(c) thing Syr. --(d) wealth Syr.
  3 baggage, burden Syr.