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.

knp noun pl. emphatic

knp, knpˀ (knep̄, kenp̄ā) n.f. wing

pl. both masc. and fem. morphology

  1 wing Qum, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, Man.
  2 side, margin CPA, Syr, Man. --(a) skirt of garment OfA-Egypt, Syr. --(b) esp.: the ends of the earth Qum, JLAtg, CPA, Syr, LJLA.
  3 bosom, lap Gal, Syr, JBA, Man.
  4 fig. . --(a) battlement Syr. --(b) (arch.) highest point of a structure, pinnacle CPA, Syr. --(c) (milit.) flank Syr.
  5 metaph: protection Syr, Man.
  5 construct as prep. : on the side of Man.