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.

tmn a01 = tmn X --> tmh X

tmh, tmn (tammā, tammān) adv. there

Forms ending in the original final ā persist into Middle Aramaic; starting then (note both forms at Qumran) and thereafter all dialects show the final -ān.

1 there Com, ^-OA ^-Bab. --(a) as a chronological indication Syr. --(b) ܬܡܢ ܂܂܂ ܘܬܡܢ : in one case ..., while in the other Syr. --(c) position in a text Gal. --(d) in opposition to "here" : Babylonia vs. Eretz-Israel Gal.