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.

ywm noun pl. emphatic

ywm, ywmˀ (yawm/yōm/yūm, yawmā) n.m. day

In Syr: the abs. is yōm/yūm and the most common pl. is yawmāṯā, BA יוֹמָתָא ; elsewhere yaw/ōm, yaw/ōmīn; there appears to be a lexical distinction between the two plurals in the older dialects, with yawmīn referring to literal "days," while yawmāṯā refers rather to "time, times," but they can be used interchangeably even in the same text: see Hugoye 14(2011):55.

  1 day Com. --(a) with number: the day of the week . (a.1) with a cardinal . (a.2) with an ordinal .
  2 pl.: time Com. --(a) lifetime Com.
  3 daytime, sun light JLAtg.
  4 emph. : today (adv.) [i.e. calque of Hebrew היום ] Sam.
  5 יום ד : conj. : when Sam.