The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ p = d_ p --> dy p

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mandaic written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y", in our code transcribed as "ḏ", and considered to be the last letter of the alphabet.

  1 of, genitive particle Com. --(a) w. implied head word: the thing(s) belonging/related to s..o./something Com.
  2 first element of lexemes Com.
  3 in split genitive phrases Com. --(a) after certain prepositions with pronominal suffix : itself, very Syr.
  4 after numbers Com. --(a) before cardinal numbers: as ordinal Syr.
  5 determinative pron. Com.
  6 per, by Syr.

l$n noun sg. emphatic

lšn, lšnˀ (liššān, liššānā) n.m. tongue

  1 tongue Com.
  2 language Com. --(a) group speaking the same language Com.
  3 speech Com. --(a) expression, mode of speech JBA, Man. (a.1) +tlyty : gossip Man, LJLA.
  4 version Gal, JBA.
  5 fig.: . --(a) spit of land Syr. --(b) bay of the sea Qum, Syr. --(c) ornament shaped like tongue Syr. --(d) (bot.) in plant name(s) . (d.1) ܠܫܢ ܨܦܪܐ : bird's tongue Syr, JudSyr. (d.2) ܠܸܫܵܢ ܐܸܡܪܵܐ : plantain Syr. (d.3) ܠܫܢ ܟܠܒܐ : darnel Syr. (d.4) ܠܫܢ ܬܘܪ̈ܐ : borage Syr.