The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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mTl p01 = m+l p --> m+wl p

mṭwl (meṭṭūl) prep. on account of, because of

With pron. suffixes: ܡܛܠܬ ; in Palm. always and in Syriac usually defectively written. Also, often written as a compound with a following demonstrative, e.g. ܡܛܘܠܗܢܐ , etc.; for the Babylonian form see s.v. ˀmṭwl.

  1 on account of, because of Palm, PTA, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA. --(a) ܡܛܘܠ ܗܢܐ : therefore Syr. --(b) ܡܛܘܠ ܡܢܐ : why? Syr.
  2 about, concerning Syr.
  3 w. ל +inf. : in order to PTA.

hd)#2 P01

hdˀ (hāḏē) pron. #2this (f.)

The form is apparently the compound hād̠ā+(h)ī (as occasionally attested: see CSG p.47) used as a pure demonstrative. JBA האדי

1 this (f.) Syr, JBA, JBAg.