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.

kwkb noun sg. emphatic

kwkb, kwkbˀ (kaw/ōkaḇ, kaw/ōkḇā) n.m. star

  1 star Com. --(a) w. seven : the planets JLAtg, Syr, JBAmb, LJLA.
  2 a type of collyrium Syr.
  3 in compound names Syr. --(a) ܟܲܘܟܲܒ ܲܪܥܵܐSamian earth Syr. --(b) ܟܲܘܟܒܵܐ ܗܲܘܢܵܝܵܐ : name of a star Syr. --(c) ܟܘܟܒ ܢܘܓܗܐ 'star of the dawn' (i.e. Lucifer, Venus) Syr, LJLA. --(d) כוכבא דשביט : meteor JBA, JBAg. --(e) ܟܲܘܟܒܵܐ ܛܪܼܝܕ ܪܗܵܛܵܐ : name of a star Syr. --(f) kwkb) dṣˀry : meteor JBAg, Man.
  4 fig. : people of Israel Sam.