The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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l_ p03

  0 to, for Com.
  1 : of general relationship (nominal) Com. --(a) non-animate genitive Com. --(b) of interest or disinterest Com.
  2 : of general relationship (verbal) Com. --(a) + infinitive : purpose Com. --(b) + infinitive : it is necessary to Syr.
  3 : dative Com. --(a) with transitive verbs Com. --(b) with intransitive verbs Com. --(c) ethical dative Com.
  4 : direction Com. --(a) addressee of letters Com. --(b) כל + direction name : in the direction of Qum.
  5 : possession Com. --(a) forming a compound substantive : that which belongs to ... Com.
  6 : marking the definite direct object Com.
  7 : subject of a passive part. in a perfective construction OfA-Pers, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
  8 + number : after X Syr.
  9 in fixed expressions . --(a) to give or take lˀntw. lˀnth : as wife Com. --(b) לאמר , לְמֵמַר : as follows, quoteative introduction , OfAGen.

)$t noun sg. emphatic

ˀšt, ˀštˀ (ˀeššaṯ, ˀeštā) n.f. foundation, base

Syr. construct ܫܸܬ ; Mand: ˁšta; Syr. pl: ܐܸܫܝܵܬܵܐ but ܐܸܫ̈ܬܸܐ in the collective "buttocks," Mand. ˁštia; LJLA pl. אשייתא٠ אושייתא by confusion with ˀwš

1 base, foundation Syr, Man, LJLA. --(a) fig.: lowest part, bottom Syr, JBA, LJLA.
2 pl.: buttocks Syr, Man.