The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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w_ c

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.

mdm P01 wdmdm = mdm R --> md(m R

mdˁm, mdm, mydy (mendˁam/meddem/meddē) pron. something

Syr, CPA ܡܸܕܸܿܡ (=Jud-Syr מידם ), JBA מידי and (JBAgeon and archaizing) מידעם Mand mindam, earliest Syr. and Manichaean Syr ܡܢܕܥܡ ; pl.: OfA Eg. מנדעמתא , Syr. ܡܸܕ̈ܿܡܸܐ , JBA מִידֵּי and myd)ny

  1 something Com, ^-OA ^-BA. --(a) in negative contexts: nothing, anything . --(b) w. kl : everything : see s.v. klmdm pron. .
  2 follwing a noun : a certain kind of ... Syr.
  3 ܡܕܡ ܡܢ : some Syr.
  4 thing Syr. --(a) repeated . (a.1) ܡܕܡ ܡܕܡ : something or other Syr. (a.2) emph. : each and every thing Palm. --(b) ܠܐ ܡܕܡ : nothing Syr. --(c) מידי דהוה א , מידי ד : something analagous to JBA, JBAg.
  5 pl. מידאני : items, pieces JBA.
  6 interrogative particle : see s.v. mydy conj. JBA.