The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ p02 = 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.

myyn noun pl. emphatic

myyn, myˀ (mayyīn, mayyā) n.m.pl. water

LJLA occas.vars. מאין , (Hebraizing) pl. const.מימי ; Syr. w. 3ms. suffix ܡܲܘ̈ܗܝ ; Mand. occas. the modern formmaina, though some exs. might better be assigned to mˁyn "spring".

  1 water Com.
  2 semen Syr.
  3 juice Syr.
  4 in collocations meaning liquid or juice of ... . --(a) + body ܡܲܝ̈ ܦܲܓܪܵܐ : urine Syr. (a.1) w. ܟܢܫ : see s.v. knyš Syr. --(b) + feet (as euph. for genitals) ܡܲܝ̈ ܪܸ̈ܓܠܸܐ : urine Syr. --(c) + salt ܡܲܝ̈ ܡܸܠܚܵܐ : garum (fish sauce) Syr. (c.1) (zool.) + fish : fish brine JBA. --(d) + ashes ܡܲܝ̈ ܩܸܛܡܵܐ : a) lye-ash; b) oil-of-myrrh Syr. (d.1) + soap ܡܲܝ ܣܦܘܢܪ̈ܐ : lye(?), cinerea(?) Syr. --(e) + vitriol ܡܲܝ ܚܪܬܐ, ܡܲܝܝܵܐ ܕܚܪܬܐ : ink Syr. --(f) +eggs : egg whites Syr, JBA. --(g) + bran : bran solution JBA. --(h) + slq : an alcoholic brew made with beet-root Syr, JBA. --(i) + דקרנינא : (?) JBAg. --(j) +זריון flax water/wine JBA. --(k) + metals : amalgam of mercury with a metal Syr. --(l) ܕܟܦܣܢܝܬܐ : menstrual fluid Syr.