The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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m_ p04 = m_ p --> mn p

In Jewish texts also מין and [as in Hebrew] מִ ; w. pron. suffixes: מִינִּי etc.

  1 from Com. --(a) direction Com. (a.1) place Com. (a.2) person Com. (a.3) as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of directional movement Com. --(b) origin Com. (b.1) place Com. 1 with words indicating location : e.g. מימין : on the right Com. (b.2) person Com. (b.3) material Com. (b.4) time Com. 1 conj.: since, after : see s.v. mn conj. Com. (b.5) as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of movement through time Com. (b.6) as the second element of compound prepositions indicating relative location Com.
  2 partitive Com. --(a) indicating a fractional part Syr. (a.1) as a pseudo-substantive : some of Syr.
  3 indicating the agent BA-Ez, Syr.
  4 indicating the cause Com. --(a) conj : because : see s.v. mn conj. .
  5 comparative Com.
  6 : other verbal complements Com.
  7 between repeated absolutes: distributive Syr.
  8 : multiplicative Jud.
  9 : on the side of, with Syr, Man. --(a) as the first element of compound adverbs of manner Com. (a.1) mnh wbh, mnh wlh : of itself, by itself Syr, JBA. --(b) as an emphasizing first element of compound prepositions, conjunctions Com.
  10 : reflexive Syr.

)pyn noun pl. construct

ˀpyn, ˀpyˀ (ˀappīn, ˀappayyā) n.m./f.pl. face

In the literary Aramaic tradition spelled with nasalization: אנפין; CPA also ܐܒܝܢ ; Gal also אופין ; in JBA (and spoken Mandaic!) the form may be re-formed as a singular, thus ˀappā. Syr. pl. ܐܲܦܿܲܝ̈ܵܐ , a feminine plural, but also treated as a singular. in Syr., mostly but not always as a feminine, but generally masc. pl. elsewhere.

  1 face Com. --(a) mn ˀpy : from before the face Qum. --(b) fig. : front surface Syr, JBA.
  2 (of ground, water) surface OA, Qum, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBAg. --(a) mn ˀpy: from (a surface) CPA, Syr. --(b) ˁl ˀpy : see s.v. ˁl ˀpy prep. . --(c) ܒܐܦ̈ܐ : fig. adv. : superficially, on the face of it Syr.
  3 way, manner Gal, Sam, Syr, Man. --(a) const. as prep.: according to Palm. --(b) brazen manner Sam.
  4 side, party Gal, Syr.
  5 region Syr. --(a) in compounds with structures : curtain or cover of something Syr.
  6 in compound prepositions/adverbs. Com. --(a) w. l_ : see also s.v. lˀpy prep. Com. (a.1) la)p.iyn forwards Syr. --(b) בַאפַּי : see s.v. bˀpy prep. . --(c) ˁal ˀap.ay : see s.v. ˁl ˀpy prep. . --(d) w. mn : see 1.1, 2.1 Jud, Syr. --(e) ܐܦܝ̈ܢ ܒܐܦܝ̈ܢ : face to face Syr. (e.1) ܐܦܝ̈ܢ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܐܦܝ̈ܢ Syr. --(f) עם אפי : towards (a time of day) Sam.
  7 w. forms of gly, see s.v. Com.
  8 w. ܗܘܝ ܐܦܐ ܠ : to become visible Syr.
  9 w. swm : to be set on a course, to pay attention Syr.