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.

tryn@(&r n01 = tryn@(&r b --> try@(sr b

try ˁsr, trty ˁsry (m. tǝre(n)ˁsar, f. tartaˁesrē) num. twelve

the nun is found in some examples in PTA and GAL and as a variant in LJLA, but it is difficult to be certain if there it is a survival or an innovation based on the simple ordinal "2"; JBA, LJLA תריסר ; the /e/ vowel preceding the ayin in the feminine form would appear to be a secondary development as well, given that both JLAtg and Syr. show /a/ in that position. Definite: trē(n>ˁăsartē

1 twelve Com. --(a) definite : trē(n) ˁăsartā, const. : trē(n) ˁăsartē Com.