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.

$r$ noun sg. abs. or construct

šrš, šršˀ (šreš, šeršā) n.m. root

LJLA abs. שריש ; Mand. širša, šarša

  1 root BA-Da, Qum, Jud, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA.
  2 base Syr.
  3 fig. . --(a) extended family OA, CPA, Man. (a.1) remnant LJLA. --(b) beginning Syr. --(c) inside(?), inner drive(?) LJLA.