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.

yld verb G

yld vb. to give birth; C to produce

Mandaic: almost all verbal and nominal forms with metathesis, i.e.Yd̠L but ethpe. ˁtlid

G
  1 to bear Com. --(a) p.p. see s.v. ylyd n.m. .
  2 to beget Syr, JBA.
  3 metaph.: to contrive Syr.

D
  1 to serve as midwife Jud, Sam, Syr.
  2 to give birth to many LJLA.
  3 metaph.: to derive Syr.

C
  1 to cause to bear, to beget Com.
  2 to assist at birth Syr.
  3 metaph. to bear, produce Syr. --(a) to cause, generate Syr. --(b) to kindle Syr.
  4 to store up Syr.

Gt
1 to be born Com.
2 to arise, originate Syr. --(a) to appear Gal, Syr, JBA. (a.1) to come to pass, happen JBA. (a.2) (new moon) to appear first Syr.

Dt
1 to be derived Syr.
2 to become populous JLAtg, PTA.

Ct
1 to be begotten Syr.