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.

hw P01 = hw R --> hw) R

hwˀ (hū) pron. he

OA hˀ; OfA and Middle Aramaic often just hw; Syriac ܗܘ; Qum also Hebraizing (Qum dialect) הואה

  1 he Com. --(a) combined with itself as copula: ܗܘܝܘ : he himself, he is the one Syr. (a.1) as conj. : see s.v. hwyw conj. Syr. (a.2) ܗܘ ܟܕ ܗܘ : the very same Syr.
  2 as copula Com.
  3 emphatic enclitic particle focusing on the word it follows Syr.
  4 ܕܗܘ : fol. interog. adverbs : some X or the other. See, sv. ˀmty Syr.