The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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w_ c

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.

xy A05

ḥy (ḥay, ḥayyā) adj. alive

  1 alive Com. --(a) ܒܝܼܫܐܝܬ : evil person (a foul term) Syr.
  2 in a natural state . --(a) raw JLAtg, Gal, Sam, Syr, JBA. --(b) flowing, fluid Syr. --(c) (of wine) undiluted Syr, JBA.
  3 adv. : rapidly (see also s.v. ḥyˀ) OfA-Iran, Qum, Sam.