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.

)ry noun sg. emphatic

ˀry, ˀryˀ (ˀărē, ˀaryā) n.m. lion

pl. ˀaryawwān, CPA ܐܪ̈ܘܐܢ

  1 (zool.) lion Com. --(a) (astron.) Leo Qum. --(b) ܠܒܐ ܕ : see s.v. lbˀ dˀryˀ Syr.
  2 fig. pl. : great men Gal.
  3 (bot.) in the names of plants Syr. --(a) ܐܪܝܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ Syr. --(b) ܐܪܝܐ ܕܓܘܡܐ : orobanche Syr.