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.

)dn noun pl. emphatic

ˀdn, ˀdnˀ (ˀe/uḏn, ˀe/uḏnā) n.f. ear

CPA, Syr, JPA ˀeḏnā; JLA/LJLA/Bab ˀuḏnā; JBA also אונא; pl. normally in -īn, but Syriac also ܐܕܢ̈ܬܐ and ܐܕܢ̈ܗܬܐ , possibly with lexical significance!

  1 ear Com.
  2 fish's gill Gal, JBA.
  3 fig. : ear shaped object . --(a) handle Gal, Syr, JBA. --(b) bay of the sea Syr. --(c) the tuning pin of a lyre/guitar Syr. --(d) opening, mouth of a bag-like object Syr, JBA. (d.1) opening of the uterus Syr. --(e) lobe of an organ JBA. --(f) pedestal : see s.v. ˀdn #2 JLAtg, Sam.