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.

l$n noun sg. emphatic

lšn, lšnˀ (liššān, liššānā) n.m. tongue

  1 tongue Com.
  2 language Com. --(a) group speaking the same language Com.
  3 speech Com. --(a) expression, mode of speech JBA, Man. (a.1) +tlyty : gossip Man, LJLA.
  4 version Gal, JBA.
  5 fig.: . --(a) spit of land Syr. --(b) bay of the sea Qum, Syr. --(c) ornament shaped like tongue Syr. --(d) (bot.) in plant name(s) . (d.1) ܠܫܢ ܨܦܪܐ : bird's tongue Syr, JudSyr. (d.2) ܠܸܫܵܢ ܐܸܡܪܵܐ : plantain Syr. (d.3) ܠܫܢ ܟܠܒܐ : darnel Syr. (d.4) ܠܫܢ ܬܘܪ̈ܐ : borage Syr.