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.

$(h noun sg. emphatic

šˁh, šˁtˀ (šāˁā, šāˁtā) n.f. moment of time; hour

abs. normally šāˁā but often simply šāˁ in fixed expressions

  1 moment of time Com, ^-OA ^-OfA. --(a) בַּהּ־שַעֲתָא : at that time, at that very moment BA-Da, PTA. (a.1) with repeated b_ Qum, Syr, LJLA. --(b) ܕܫܥܬܐ : for a moment Syr. (b.1) modifying nouns in construct : X for a moment Syr. (b.2) for its own time Syr. --(c) kšˁh, lšˁh : for a while BA-Da, CPA. --(d) ܒܟܘܼܠܫܵܥ : always Syr. (d.1) כל שעה ד : conj. : whenever Gal.
  2 hour Com, ^-OA ^-OfA ^-BA. --(a) ܫܵܥ ܡܸܢ ܫܵܥ : each hour Syr.
  3 period of time Com. --(a) emphatic+d_, bšˁtˀ d : conj. : when Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr. --(b) after mn : since the time when Gal, Syr, LJLA.
  4 אַבַן שָעַיָא : sundial JLAtg. --(a) שָעַיָא idem. JLAtg.
  5 horoscope Syr.