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.

bcyr A01

bṣyr (bṣīr) adj. slight

  1 lean Syr, Man. --(a) unworthy Syr. --(b) weak Syr. --(c) (astron.) waning, diminished Qum.
  2 small Syr, JBA. --(a) pl. few Syr. (a.1) abs. as adv.: minimally, a little Syr. --(b) in construct with a noun indicate what the subject has little of Syr.
  3 minor, lesser Syr, LJLA. --(a) less JBA, LJLA. --(b) abs. as adv.: less Syr, JBA.
  4 fem. subst. : deficiency Syr.