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.

lb noun sg. emphatic

lb, lbˀ (leḇ, lebbāˀ) n.m. heart

pl: lebbīn, but in derived contexts the Syr.pl. isܠܒ̈ܘܬܐ (compare the treatment of yd); Mand. plural often lilbia!

  1 heart Com.
  2 mind Com. --(a) (l lb: kept in mind, known by heart Com. (a.1) ܡܢ ܠܒܐ : from memory Syr. --(b) blb : secret(ly) BA-Da, Syr.
  3 center, core Syr, Man. --(a) pith Syr. --(b) inwards Syr.
  4 pl. : cakes Syr.