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.

klb noun pl. emphatic

klb, klbˀ (kleḇ, kalbā) n.m. dog

  1 dog Com. --(a) (astron.) the Dog Star: Sirius Syr. --(b) (astron.) the entire 'dog', i.e., Canis Major Syr.
  2 base person OfA-Egypt, Gal, Syr.
  3 male prostitute Jud.
  4 sultry day, dog-day [=Grk κύων] Syr.