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.

dr noun sg. emphatic

dr, drˀ (dār, dārā) n.m. age, generation; row

  1 age, generation Com, ^-OA ^-OfA. --(a) generation of men CPA, Syr. (a.1) (as opposed to ṭly) : older generation Gal. --(b) in distributive use : as an expression of eternity Com. (b.1) dr dryn : ever and ever Qum, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man. 1 ldr wdryn CPA. (b.2) עִם דָּר וְדָר<ִ> BA-Da.
  2 procession Syr. --(a) ܕܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܪ̈ܝܢ : one after the other Syr.
  3 row, rank JBA, Man.