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.

)yth noun sg. emphatic= )yth N --> )nth N

ˀnth, ˀnttˀ (ˀa/e(n)tā, ˀa/e(n)təṯā, ˀa(n)təṯā, ˀattā) n.f. woman

OfA also ˀn$h. In Syriac and CPA the nun is not pronounced but assimilated to the taw, which is thus lengthened. In CPA it is (usually?) not written, hence: abs. ܐܿܬܐ , emph ܐܬܐ

pl. nšyn, nšyˀ; Mand. sg. abs.! atuat; the original taw was spirantized, as in Syriac, but apparently was not so in all dialects

1 woman Com.
2 wife Com.