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.

$myn noun pl. emphatic

šmyn, šmyˀ (šmayn, šmayyā) n.m.pl.t. heaven

const: šmē; abs. rare: šmīn, šmayn and (Syr.) šammīn; CPA ܫܘܡܝܢ , Sam. שומיה

  1 heaven Com. --(a) as a divinity OA, OfA-Mes. (a.1) metonymy for God Com. --(b) ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܫܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ : highest heaven Syr.
  2 roof Syr. --(a) fig. Syr. (a.1) ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܚܸܟܸܿܐ : palate (and see also s.v. šwmy ḥyk) Syr. (a.2) ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ : top of mouth behind teeth Syr.
  3 pride Syr.
  4 ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܓܸܠ̈ܕܸܐ : a type of siege engine Syr.