The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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mlh noun sg. emphatic

mlh, mltˀ (mellā, melləṯā) n.f. word, speech

masculine type plural since OA: millīn, millayyā. Mand. also minilta

  1 word Com. --(a) statement, speech Com. (a.1) (gram.) proposition, word Syr. 1 ܡܠܬ ܫܡܐ : adjective Syr. 2 terminology Syr. (a.2) proverb Syr. --(b) power of speech Syr. --(c) promise Syr.
  2 thing Jud, JBA, Syr. --(a) matter, case BA-Da, Syr, JBA. (a.1) complaint, disagreement JBA.
  3 =Gk. logos [masculine!] Syr. --(a) as the theological term logos Syr. --(b) Reason Syr.
  4 idioms . --(a) ܥܒܲܕ ܡ܊ : to pray Syr. --(b) עבד : to let blood JBA. --(c) ܫܘܼܒܚܵܐ : doxology Syr. --(d) w. איתארע : see s.v. ˀrˁ vb. JBA. --(e) ממילא : of itself, intrinsically JBA, JBAg.
  5 exposition Jud, Syr.
  6 consensus Syr.

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ˀw (ˀaw/ˀō) conj. or

CPA: ܐܐܿ (CPA also has ܐܘ , but that would appear to be a loan from Arabic.

  1 or Com.
  2 ˀw ... ˀw : if . . . but if, whether . . . or Com. --(a) alone : if (possibly simply a scribal error for normative JBA אי < ˀn) JBA, JBAg.
  3 equivalent to MT אִם as the second clause in a question Qum, Gal.
  4 with comparative adjs. or actions (calque of Greek. ἤ): rather than, more than Syr.