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.

$m$ noun sg. emphatic

šmš, šmšˀ (šmeš, šemšā) n.m./f. sun

CPA ܫܡܝܫ ; Mand. šamiš

  1 the Sun Com. --(a) as a divinity OA, OA, OfA, OfA-Egypt, Palm, Hat, ParthMA, Man. (a.1) in GNs JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. --(b) בֵּי שִימְשֵי : Friday evening JBA. --(c) metaph. Syr.
  2 sunshine Syr. --(a) sunny area Nab.
  3 golden colored objects: Syr. --(a) ܣܥܲܪ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ : yellow color of hair Syr. --(b) (zool.) a type of lizard Syr. --(c) (alchem.) gold Syr.
  4 (med.) fever JBA.