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.

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.