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.

gml noun pl. emphatic

gml, gmlˀ (gmel, gamlā) n.m./f. camel; beam

female camel may also be explicitly gmlh; rarely ܓܘܡܠܐ ?

  1 camel Com. --(a) ܓܲܡܠܵܐ ܗܽܘܓܢܵܐ : dromedary Syr.
  2 large curved(?) wooden beam Syr. --(a) a plank bridge made of such beams JBA. --(b) as a large measure of length, i.e. "yard" or the like Syr. --(c) ܒܝܬ ܓܡܠܐ : such a beam on top of a post Syr.
  3 large insect : see s.v. gmln adj. Syr.
  4 as a part of the name of other animals . --(a) ܓܡܠܐ ܢܡܪܐ : camelopard, i.e. giraffe Syr. --(b) ܓܲܡܠܵܐ ܕܝܲܪܩܵܐ : millipede Syr.