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.

mTwl p02

mṭwl (meṭṭūl) prep. on account of, because of

With pron. suffixes: ܡܛܠܬ ; in Palm. always and in Syriac usually defectively written. Also, often written as a compound with a following demonstrative, e.g. ܡܛܘܠܗܢܐ , etc.; for the Babylonian form see s.v. ˀmṭwl.

  1 on account of, because of Palm, PTA, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA. --(a) ܡܛܘܠ ܗܢܐ : therefore Syr. --(b) ܡܛܘܠ ܡܢܐ : why? Syr.
  2 about, concerning Syr.
  3 w. ל +inf. : in order to PTA.