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.

gml noun sg. emphatic

gml, gmlˀ (gmel, gamlā) n.m./f. camel; beam

female camel may also be explicitly gmlh; rarely ܓܘܡܠܐ ?

  1 camel Com. --(a) ܓܲܡܠܵܐ ܗܽܘܓܢܵܐ : dromedary Syr.
  2 large curved(?) wooden beam Syr. --(a) a plank bridge made of such beams JBA. --(b) as a large measure of length, i.e. "yard" or the like Syr. --(c) ܒܝܬ ܓܡܠܐ : such a beam on top of a post Syr.
  3 large insect : see s.v. gmln adj. Syr.
  4 as a part of the name of other animals . --(a) ܓܡܠܐ ܢܡܪܐ : camelopard, i.e. giraffe Syr. --(b) ܓܲܡܠܵܐ ܕܝܲܪܩܵܐ : millipede Syr.