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.

rb A02

rb (raḇ, rabbā) adj. great, big

pl. raḇrəḇīn -> rawrəḇīn; JPA, CPA also rwb

  1 large Com.
  2 great, of major significance Com. --(a) important, chief (see also s.v. rb n.m.) Com. --(b) (logic) fem.: major premise Syr. --(c) fem. : miracle Syr.
  3 (of age) : older JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. --(a) elder Palm. --(b) adult, fully grown OfA-Egypt.