The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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l_ p03

  0 to, for Com.
  1 : of general relationship (nominal) Com. --(a) non-animate genitive Com. --(b) of interest or disinterest Com.
  2 : of general relationship (verbal) Com. --(a) + infinitive : purpose Com. --(b) + infinitive : it is necessary to Syr.
  3 : dative Com. --(a) with transitive verbs Com. --(b) with intransitive verbs Com. --(c) ethical dative Com.
  4 : direction Com. --(a) addressee of letters Com. --(b) כל + direction name : in the direction of Qum.
  5 : possession Com. --(a) forming a compound substantive : that which belongs to ... Com.
  6 : marking the definite direct object Com.
  7 : subject of a passive part. in a perfective construction OfA-Pers, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
  8 + number : after X Syr.
  9 in fixed expressions . --(a) to give or take lˀntw. lˀnth : as wife Com. --(b) לאמר , לְמֵמַר : as follows, quoteative introduction , OfAGen.

mdm P = mdm R --> md(m R

mdˁm, mdm, mydy (mendˁam/meddem/meddē) pron. something

Syr, CPA ܡܸܕܸܿܡ (=Jud-Syr מידם ), JBA מידי and (JBAgeon and archaizing) מידעם Mand mindam, earliest Syr. and Manichaean Syr ܡܢܕܥܡ ; pl.: OfA Eg. מנדעמתא , Syr. ܡܸܕ̈ܿܡܸܐ , JBA מִידֵּי and myd)ny

  1 something Com, ^-OA ^-BA. --(a) in negative contexts: nothing, anything . --(b) w. kl : everything : see s.v. klmdm pron. .
  2 follwing a noun : a certain kind of ... Syr.
  3 ܡܕܡ ܡܢ : some Syr.
  4 thing Syr. --(a) repeated . (a.1) ܡܕܡ ܡܕܡ : something or other Syr. (a.2) emph. : each and every thing Palm. --(b) ܠܐ ܡܕܡ : nothing Syr. --(c) מידי דהוה א , מידי ד : something analagous to JBA, JBAg.
  5 pl. מידאני : items, pieces JBA.
  6 interrogative particle : see s.v. mydy conj. JBA.