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.

bsr noun sg. emphatic

bsr, bsrˀ (bsar, besrā) n.m. flesh

spelled with sin in pre-classical texts and so too occasionally in later Jewish texts influenced by Bib. Hebrew

  1 flesh Com. --(a) ܒܒܣܪ : in the flesh, i.e. alive Syr. --(b) blood relationship Syr. --(c) kl bśr, kl bsr, klbsr : all flesh, everyone Qum, Syr, LJLA. --(d) living creatures BA-Da.
  2 penis Syr.
  3 + wdm : human being CPA, Syr, JBA, Man.