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.

zbn#2 noun sg. emphatic

zbn, zbnˀ (zḇan, zaḇnā) n.m./f. #2time

fem. in CPA; generally masc. in Syriac but feminine in the sense of "instance" with pl. both in -īn and -ān (see s.v. zbnh!

  1 time Palm, Jud, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, Man. --(a) stretch of time, era Syr. --(b) physical age, aging Syr. (b.1) spec.: time of maturity Syr.
  2 as an abstract concept Syr. --(a) temporality, fragility Syr. (a.1) ܕܙܒܢܐ : temporary (opp. ܕܠܥܠܡ) Syr. 1 temporal Syr. --(b) (gram.) tense Syr.
  3 expressions: Syr. --(a) ܙܒܲܢ : formerly, once upon a time (occsionally perhaps also zbn) Syr. (a.1) for a long time (?) Palm. --(b) ܙܒܲܢ ܙܒܲܢ : often, frequently Syr. --(c) ܒܙܒܢ : see s.v. bzbn adv. Syr. --(d) ܡܢ ܙܒܢܐ : at any previous time Syr.
  4 instance (fem.!) Syr.
  5 fate Syr.