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.

gb noun sg. emphatic

gb, gbˀ (gaḇ (geḇ), gabbā) n.m. side, flank:

Syr. regularly ܓܸܢܼܒ , esp. in the compound ܥܲܠ ܓܸܢܼܒ ; see s.v. ˁl gb prep. The form גונבא at PsJ Dt 14:9 is influenced by the JBA word meaning "tail" as shown by incorrect variants of דונבא at TgJob 40:17.

  1 side, flank: an edge that rises or stands out Com. --(a) for use as a prep. see s.v. gb, gby prep. Com. --(b) bank of a body of water Syr. --(c) of an object with more than two sides Syr. (c.1) the sides, prow, or stern of a boat Syr. (c.2) all 'sides' of a sphere or circle, but also 'hemisphere' or 'semicircle' Syr. --(d) wing of an army Syr. --(e) fig.: . (e.1) people on opposite sides of something Syr. 1 faction, dissenting group Syr. 2 w. ܩܘܡ, ܐܩܝܡ : to stand up to a challenge Syr. (e.2) region Syr. 3 w. vbs. of movement or position: to take the opposite side Syr. --(f) direction that a side faces Palm, Syr.
  2 back, upper-flank OfA-Frah, JBA, Man, LJLA. --(a) fig.: top JBA, JBAg. --(b) eyebrow Sam, Man. --(c) body Sam, JBA. --(d) (of a camel) hump Syr. --(e) of a mountain Syr.
  3 in compounds with prepositions: see s.vv. lgby, ˁl gb Com. --(a) ܠܚܕ ܓܒ : privately Syr. --(b) ܡܢ ܓܒ ܐܚܪܝܢ : on the other side Syr.