The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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mh P01

CPA also as proclitic ܡ

  1 what? Com. --(a) + l_ : what is the matter with? Com.
  2 (usually) with following adj.: how! JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA. --(a) interrog. how, why Gal, Sam.
  3 what (indef./rel. pron.) Com. --(a) ܡܐ ܕܠܐ : be that as it may, in any event Syr.
  5 did not ? Sam.

d_ c = d_ c --> dy c

dy conj. who,which (relative)

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.