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.

(lm noun sg. emphatic

ˁlm, ˁlmˀ (ˁālam, ˁālmā) n.m. eternity; world

CPA det. ܥܠܝܡܐ ; Syr. constr. ܥܵܠܸܡ

  1 eternity Com. --(a) as an adv.: ˁd ˁlm, lˁlmˀ, lˁlmyn, lˁlmyˀ: forever Com. (a.1) repeated as an expression of absolute foreverness Com. --(b) עלמא דאתי : the World to Come JBA. --(c) eternal ages past Com.
  2 world . --(a) an epoch Jud, CPA, Syr, JBA. --(b) a place : this world Palm, Qum, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(c) adverbial usages with various prepositions . (c.1) ܕܥܠܡܐ : wordly, of this life Syr. (c.2) בעלמא : in a general way, merely JBA. (c.3) מעלמא : from elsewhere, from somewhere or other JBA. (c.4) לעלמא : to elsewhere JBA. (c.5) anywhere, everywhere JBAg.
  3 nation, people Syr. --(a) pl. : wedding guests Syr.