The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ p = d_ p --> dy p

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mandaic written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y", in our code transcribed as "ḏ", and considered to be the last letter of the alphabet.

  1 of, genitive particle Com. --(a) w. implied head word: the thing(s) belonging/related to s..o./something Com.
  2 first element of lexemes Com.
  3 in split genitive phrases Com. --(a) after certain prepositions with pronominal suffix : itself, very Syr.
  4 after numbers Com. --(a) before cardinal numbers: as ordinal Syr.
  5 determinative pron. Com.
  6 per, by Syr.

drg noun pl. emphatic

drg, drgˀ (dreḡ, dargā) n.m. stairway, step(s)

  1 stairway, step(s) Com. --(a) בית ד׳ : stairwell Qum. --(b) ܕܪܓ ܡܢ ܕܪܓ : little by little Syr. --(c) fig.: prelude JBA.
  2 order Syr.
  3 office Sam, Syr.
  4 rank, level Sam, JBA. --(a) degree CPA, Syr. --(b) relative age, stature Syr. (b.1) ܕܪܸܓ ܝܲܠܕܵܐ : state nearest birth Syr. --(c) social status JBA.
  5 stone embankment (?) Sam.