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.

$ty verb G

šty vb. to drink

Perfect originally (i.e. after the loss of original short /a/ vowel) with preformative aleph: ˀeštī; in Syr. also reformulated as ܫܬܵܐ .

G
  1 to drink Com. --(a) to feast Syr.
  2 to be washed Syr.
  3 to be irrigated Gal, Syr, JBA.
  4 fig. : to suffer Syr.
  5 to smoke tobacco Syr.

C
1 to give to drink Syr.

Gt
1 to be drunk (drink) JLAtg, Syr, JBA.

Dt
1 to accept a drink Syr.