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.

bsm noun sg. emphatic

bsm, bsmˀ (bŭsam, be/usmā) n.m. smell, spice

Spelled with śin in pre-classical texts. Plural both simple and with nun expansion, thus ܒܸܣ̈ܡܵܢܸܐ܂ ܒܸܣܡ̈ܘܼܢܸܐ , Mand. busmania; JBA בסמני. In JLA the form in ānīn seems to mean specifically "different kinds of spices," but in variants there and regularly in LJLA there does not seem to be any consistent semantic difference between the two forms.

1 spice, perfume Com. --(a) often pl. tant. Com.
2 sweet smell Qum, CPA, Syr, Man.