The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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zmn noun sg. abs. or construct

LJLA rare var. זבן (see s.v. zbn #2)

  1 set time Com, ^-OA ^-Syr. --(a) לִזמַן : after the period of time of ... JLAtg. (a.1) לזימנין : subsequently (?) JBA. --(b) מִזמַן לִזמַן : season after season JLAtg. --(c) summons for a set time (?) OfA-Iran.
  2 instance Qum, Gal, PTA, LJLA. --(a) כִזמַן בִזמַן<ִ> ְ ַדּ ְ ַס ֻסַֻל JLAtg.
  3 pl. abs. : sometimes Qum, PTA, JBA, LJLA.
  4 assembly [?? fr. Heb. מועד, better perhaps just "summons"] Qum, JLAtg, PTA, LJLA.
  5 now (?) Syr.

d_ c = d_ c --> dy c

dy conj. who,which (relative)

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.

lyt verb G

lyt (layt/lēṯ) vb./adv. there is/are not

OA lyšh; OfA lˀ ˀyt, lˀyt, lˀyty

G
1 =lˀ+ˀyt : there is/are not Com. --(a) alone Com. --(b) with pronominal subject suffixes instead of an independent pronoun JLAtg, Gal, CPA, LJLA. (b.1) with possessive pronominal suffixes Syr.