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.

qryh noun pl. emphatic

qryh, qrytˀ (qiryā/quryā/qrē, qrīṯā/qiryǝṯā(qartā?)) n.f. city, town

highly irregular: abs.: qrē (see s.v. qry #3), qu/iryā; const: Syr. ܩܸܪܝܲܬ܂ ܩܘܪܝܲܬ ; emph.: OfAEg., JLA, JPA קַרתָּא ; Syr. ܩܪܝܼܬܵܐ ; pl. qūrīn, qūrwīn qūryas: Qum.; קוריא , Syr., LJLA ܩܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܐ , OfAEast qry, PTA קירויה ,קורייה ,קורוייה

  1 city, town Com.
  2 village Com.
  3 field, agricultural property Syr. --(a) ܩܪ̈ܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ : territory of a city Syr.
  4 fig. (usually with dhb) : circular crown or other head ornament PTA, LJLA.