The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ p01 = d_ p --> dy p

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mandaic written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y", in our code transcribed as "ḏ", and considered to be the last letter of the alphabet.

  1 of, genitive particle Com. --(a) w. implied head word: the thing(s) belonging/related to s..o./something Com.
  2 first element of lexemes Com.
  3 in split genitive phrases Com. --(a) after certain prepositions with pronominal suffix : itself, very Syr.
  4 after numbers Com. --(a) before cardinal numbers: as ordinal Syr.
  5 determinative pron. Com.
  6 per, by Syr.

$myn noun pl. emphatic

šmyn, šmyˀ (šmayn, šmayyā) n.m.pl.t. heaven

const: šmē; abs. rare: šmīn, šmayn and (Syr.) šammīn; CPA ܫܘܡܝܢ , Sam. שומיה

  1 heaven Com. --(a) as a divinity OA, OfA-Mes. (a.1) metonymy for God Com. --(b) ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܫܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ : highest heaven Syr.
  2 roof Syr. --(a) fig. Syr. (a.1) ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܚܸܟܸܿܐ : palate (and see also s.v. šwmy ḥyk) Syr. (a.2) ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ : top of mouth behind teeth Syr.
  3 pride Syr.
  4 ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܓܸܠ̈ܕܸܐ : a type of siege engine Syr.