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.

)dn noun sg. emphatic

ˀdn, ˀdnˀ (ˀe/uḏn, ˀe/uḏnā) n.f. ear

CPA, Syr, JPA ˀeḏnā; JLA/LJLA/Bab ˀuḏnā; JBA also אונא; pl. normally in -īn, but Syriac also ܐܕܢ̈ܬܐ and ܐܕܢ̈ܗܬܐ , possibly with lexical significance!

  1 ear Com.
  2 fish's gill Gal, JBA.
  3 fig. : ear shaped object . --(a) handle Gal, Syr, JBA. --(b) bay of the sea Syr. --(c) the tuning pin of a lyre/guitar Syr. --(d) opening, mouth of a bag-like object Syr, JBA. (d.1) opening of the uterus Syr. --(e) lobe of an organ JBA. --(f) pedestal : see s.v. ˀdn #2 JLAtg, Sam.