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.

by(h noun sg. emphatic

byˁh, byˁtˀ (bēˁā, bēˁṯā) n.f. egg

pl bēˁīn; BarHebraeus claims (BhGr 30:14) that in the meaning "skull" the plural is properly ܒܝ̈ܥܬܐ, but that is not always the case.

1 egg JLAtg, , Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. --(a) referring to the shell JBA.
2 fig.:egg-shaped object . --(a) testicle Syr, JBA. --(b) round or oval architectural ornaments JLAtg. --(c) arch Syr. --(d) skull Syr.