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.

)bn noun sg. emphatic

ˀbn, ˀbnˀ (ˀăḇen, ˀabnā,) n.f. stone

rarely masculine in heavily tradited LJLA, but surely erroneously so

  1 stone Com.
  2 rock, stone as a material Com.
  3 gem Qum, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA.
  4 stone-like objects . --(a) (usually + brd) hail stone OA, PTA, CPA, LJLA. --(b) piece of a brick Syr. --(c) piece of metal PTA. --(d) interpreted to mean a small building or column Syr.
  5 weight OfA-Egypt, Nab, Syr.
  6 pl. (du?) : birthstool [Heb] Sam.