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.

rwx noun pl. emphatic

rwḥ, rwḥˀ (rūḥ, rūḥā) n.f./m. wind; spirit

pl. rūḥīn; Syr. also ܪܘܚ̈ܬܐ andܪܘܚܢ̈ܐ , though the latter may well have an "individuating" connotation. In Sam. only ריח by conflation with ṛyḥ under Arabic influence.

  1 wind Com. --(a) fig. : direction, cardinal point Com. --(b) breath Syr. --(c) blowing Syr.
  2 spirit Com. --(a) ܪܘܼܚܵܐ ܕܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ, ܪܘܼܚ ܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ : The Holy Spirit CPA, Syr, JBAg. --(b) in Mandaism: Ruha the primary spirit of the dark side Man. --(c) ܒܪܘܚ : in spirt, i.e. within a prophetic vision Syr. (c.1) ܕܒܪܘܚ : spiritual (as opposed to bodily: ܕܒܦܓܪ) Syr.
  3 demon Qum, Syr. --(a) ܕܲܪܝܵܐ : leprosy Syr.
  4 odor Syr. --(a) pl. : flatulence Syr. --(b) fig. : apparent value, smell of something LJLA.