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.

(wlym noun sg. emphatic= (wlym N --> (lym N

ˁlym, ˁlymˀ (ˁlaym/ˁŭlēm, ˁlaymā/ˁŭlēmā) n.m. boy

JBA also (contamination from ˁwlm?) עולמ٠ עולמא ; in Palm. the singular is regularly spelled ˁlm but the pl. ˁlymyn. JBAmb possible pl. אלימני ; Mand. pl. ˁlimania

  1 boy Com, ^-OA ^-BA.
  2 servant, slave OfA-Iran, Palm, Qum, Syr, JBA.
  3 adult Syr.
  4 fawn Syr.
  5 group, nation (? = Heb. לאם) Sam.