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.

znb noun sg. emphatic= znb N --> dnb N

dnb, dwnbˀ (dnoḇ, dunḇā) n.m./f. tail

LJLA also זונב٠ זנב ; pl. dwnbyn; Mand dnab, dinba, but danab as an Arabic borrowing for "comet"

  1 tail JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(a) rump Syr.
  2 end CPA, Syr.
  3 trunk CPA, Syr.
  4 (astron.) with abu-, kukab: comet Man.

dnb noun sg. emphatic

dnb, dwnbˀ (dnoḇ, dunḇā) n.m./f. tail

LJLA also זונב٠ זנב ; pl. dwnbyn; Mand dnab, dinba, but danab as an Arabic borrowing for "comet"

  1 tail JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(a) rump Syr.
  2 end CPA, Syr.
  3 trunk CPA, Syr.
  4 (astron.) with abu-, kukab: comet Man.