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.

(lm noun sg. abs. or construct

ˁlm, ˁlmˀ (ˁālam, ˁālmā) n.m. eternity; world

CPA det. ܥܠܝܡܐ ; Syr. constr. ܥܵܠܸܡ

  1 eternity Com. --(a) as an adv.: ˁd ˁlm, lˁlmˀ, lˁlmyn, lˁlmyˀ: forever Com. (a.1) repeated as an expression of absolute foreverness Com. --(b) עלמא דאתי : the World to Come JBA. --(c) eternal ages past Com.
  2 world . --(a) an epoch Jud, CPA, Syr, JBA. --(b) a place : this world Palm, Qum, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(c) adverbial usages with various prepositions . (c.1) ܕܥܠܡܐ : wordly, of this life Syr. (c.2) בעלמא : in a general way, merely JBA. (c.3) מעלמא : from elsewhere, from somewhere or other JBA. (c.4) לעלמא : to elsewhere JBA. (c.5) anywhere, everywhere JBAg.
  3 nation, people Syr. --(a) pl. : wedding guests Syr.

l(lm a01

lˁlm, lˁlmyn (lˁālam, lˁālmīn) adv. forever

1 forever Com.
2 lˁlm ˁlmyn, lˁlm lˁlmyn : forever and ever CPA, Syr, Man.