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.

myd(m noun sg. abs. or construct= myd(m N --> md(m R

mdˁm, mdm, mydy (mendˁam/meddem/meddē) pron. something

Syr, CPA ܡܸܕܸܿܡ (=Jud-Syr מידם ), JBA מידי and (JBAgeon and archaizing) מידעם Mand mindam, earliest Syr. and Manichaean Syr ܡܢܕܥܡ ; pl.: OfA Eg. מנדעמתא , Syr. ܡܸܕ̈ܿܡܸܐ , JBA מִידֵּי and myd)ny

  1 something Com, ^-OA ^-BA. --(a) in negative contexts: nothing, anything . --(b) w. kl : everything : see s.v. klmdm pron. .
  2 follwing a noun : a certain kind of ... Syr.
  3 ܡܕܡ ܡܢ : some Syr.
  4 thing Syr. --(a) repeated . (a.1) ܡܕܡ ܡܕܡ : something or other Syr. (a.2) emph. : each and every thing Palm. --(b) ܠܐ ܡܕܡ : nothing Syr. --(c) מידי דהוה א , מידי ד : something analagous to JBA, JBAg.
  5 pl. מידאני : items, pieces JBA.
  6 interrogative particle : see s.v. mydy conj. JBA.