The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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m_ p03 = m_ p --> mn p

In Jewish texts also מין and [as in Hebrew] מִ ; w. pron. suffixes: מִינִּי etc.

  1 from Com. --(a) direction Com. (a.1) place Com. (a.2) person Com. (a.3) as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of directional movement Com. --(b) origin Com. (b.1) place Com. 1 with words indicating location : e.g. מימין : on the right Com. (b.2) person Com. (b.3) material Com. (b.4) time Com. 1 conj.: since, after : see s.v. mn conj. Com. (b.5) as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of movement through time Com. (b.6) as the second element of compound prepositions indicating relative location Com.
  2 partitive Com. --(a) indicating a fractional part Syr. (a.1) as a pseudo-substantive : some of Syr.
  3 indicating the agent BA-Ez, Syr.
  4 indicating the cause Com. --(a) conj : because : see s.v. mn conj. .
  5 comparative Com.
  6 : other verbal complements Com.
  7 between repeated absolutes: distributive Syr.
  8 : multiplicative Jud.
  9 : on the side of, with Syr, Man. --(a) as the first element of compound adverbs of manner Com. (a.1) mnh wbh, mnh wlh : of itself, by itself Syr, JBA. --(b) as an emphasizing first element of compound prepositions, conjunctions Com.
  10 : reflexive Syr.

rb noun pl. construct

rb, rbˀ (raḇ, rabbā) n.m. chief; teacher

In Syriac the plural form varies with the meaning: "chief, noble one," etc. follows the adjectival, reduplicative patterns with or without final -ān (see s.v. rb adj., while "teacher" uses ܪ̈ܲܒܿܵܢܸܐ ; JBA pl. רבי, רבוותא; many compounds keep the singular form rb even in the plural of the compound, e.g. ܪܒܥܠܢ̈ܐ "chief shepherd"; LJLA uses both רברבין and רברבנין as the plural for "noble". In Gal. forms with doubled /b/ display a vowel shift /a/>/e/, hence rebbī "rabbi", etc. Compare rbwn. The multiplicity of plural forms in Mandaic currently defies analysis!

1 chief Com. --(a) in compounds: chief of ..., chief X-er . --(b) nobleman, chieftain BA-Da, Gal, CPA, JBAg, LJLA. (b.1) pl. form in sg. sense CPA.
2 master Com. --(a) teacher Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. (a.1) in direct address: rabbī : my master, teacher, rabbi . (a.2) rbn : our master Syr.