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.

syg#3 noun sg. emphatic= syg#3 N --> syg N

syg (syāḡ, syāḡā) v.n. fencing in, fence

  1 fence, wall (typically separating fields or paths from fields) Qum, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAg, LJLA. --(a) metaph.: stopping up Syr, Man.
  2 thick hedge of vegetation JLAtg, CPA. --(a) stalks of grapes Syr.
  3 woven work (?) Gal.