The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ p = d_ p --> dy p

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mandaic written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y", in our code transcribed as "ḏ", and considered to be the last letter of the alphabet.

  1 of, genitive particle Com. --(a) w. implied head word: the thing(s) belonging/related to s..o./something Com.
  2 first element of lexemes Com.
  3 in split genitive phrases Com. --(a) after certain prepositions with pronominal suffix : itself, very Syr.
  4 after numbers Com. --(a) before cardinal numbers: as ordinal Syr.
  5 determinative pron. Com.
  6 per, by Syr.

(wbd noun pl. emphatic

ˁwbd, ˁwbdˀ (ˁŭḇāḏ, ˁŭḇāḏā) n.m. act, deed

Syr. (also ܥܒܘܕܐ ) only in magical texts, apparently borrowed from Jewish models

  1 act, deed Qum, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBA, Man, LJLA. --(a) עבדין טבין : good deeds JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, LJLA. --(b) magical practice Syr, JBAmb, JBA. --(c) work JLAtg, LJLA. --(d) preparation, concoction JBA.
  2 case, happening Gal, JBA. --(a) pl.: history, background LJLA. --(b) occupation JBA.
  3 legal decision Gal, JBA. --(a) לעובדיה : as a pragmatic decision Gal.