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.

)l) c

ˀlˀ (ˀellā) conj. but

Sam. אלא אן > אלאן

  1 but rather Palm, Qum, JLAtg, Gal, Sam, Syr, LJLA.
  2 w. negative : only JLAtg, Gal, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA.
  3 except, unless JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, Man. --(a) +dl) : except, that CPA.
  4 ולא עוד אלא : moreover Gal.
  5 +ܘ : besides Syr.
  6 +ܐܸܢ : unless, but, except for CPA, Sam, Syr.