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.

) s

ˀ sym. first letter of the alphabet

Syr. may distinguish between 1 and 1000 (dot beneath), 10,000 (line beneath) and 100,000 (two points beneath).

  1 first letter of the alphabet OA-Mesop, OfAGen, Nab, Gal, Sam, Syr.
  2 the numeral 1 or 1000 Syr.
  3 as an abbreviation for common words starting with it . --(a) for ארדב OfA, OfA-Pers, Syr. --(b) for ܐܡܢܐ : (uncertain) Syr. --(c) for ܐܫܠ Syr.