The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ p = 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.

m(rb noun sg. emphatic

mˁrb, mˁrbˀ (maˁraḇ, maˁrḇā) n.m./f. west; sunset

Syr. pl.tant.: ܡܵܥܪ̈ܵܒܸܐ ; generally masculine as a direction, feminine as an area

1 west Com. --(a) west wind Syr. --(b) pl. west Syr. --(c) Palestine JBA.
2 setting (of the sun) OfA-Egypt, CPA. --(a) pl. ܡܥܪ̈ܒܝ ܫܡܫܐ CPA, Syr. (a.1) fig. Syr. --(b) מערב יומא LJLA. --(c) (of the moon) LJLA.