The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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w_ c

br noun pl. construct

plural: bnīn (Sam. const. also bārī!); absolute: bar in literary and Eastern dialects, ber in Western. In the plurals of compounds br almost always appears in the plural form itself.

  1 son, child Com. --(a) of an animal Com.
  2 member of the same cohort (see also 'compounds' 3.2) Com. --(a) metaph.: disciple Syr. (a.1) in const. w. PN of a famous person Syr.
  3 in compounds . --(a) literally characterizing a type of child or son . (a.1) a kinship term . (a.2) a type of creature . (a.3) a small version of something . 1 a small object or being found attached to something else . --(b) characterizing individual members of a class or group . (b.1) same X one: someone sharing a characteristic . (b.2) member of a gentilic group . --(c) s.o marked by a particular acquired characteristic or skill . --(d) liable to be acted upon JBA. --(e) unclassified .
  4 in construct with a unit of time to express age Com. --(a) separated from the time unit by a number Syr. --(b) with a unit of measure to express size Syr.

w_ c

w_ (wǝ_) conj. and, also

gyr noun pl. construct

gyr, gyrˀ (gēr, gērā) n.m. arrow

Syr. ܓܸܐܪܵܐ , ܓܸܪܵܐ ; pl. CPA, LJLA ܓܪܪ̈ܝܢ ,גיררין

  1 arrow Com.
  2 fig.: . --(a) meteor Syr. --(b) thunderbolt Syr. --(c) spinal column Syr. --(d) dart or gore of a garment Syr. --(e) obelus Syr.
  3 pl. fig. : direct consequence of one's action JBA.