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.

)nth noun sg. emphatic

ˀnth, ˀnttˀ (ˀa/e(n)tā, ˀa/e(n)təṯā, ˀa(n)təṯā, ˀattā) n.f. woman

OfA also ˀn$h. In Syriac and CPA the nun is not pronounced but assimilated to the taw, which is thus lengthened. In CPA it is (usually?) not written, hence: abs. ܐܿܬܐ , emph ܐܬܐ

pl. nšyn, nšyˀ; Mand. sg. abs.! atuat; the original taw was spirantized, as in Syriac, but apparently was not so in all dialects

1 woman Com.
2 wife Com.