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.

qd$ noun sg. emphatic= qd$ N --> qdw$ N

qdwš, qdwšˀ (qiddūš, qiddūšā) v.n.D sanctification

  1 sanctification Gal, PTA, CPA, LJLA. --(a) qiddush prayer Gal, JBA. (a.1) the doxology (i.e. Isaiah 6:3) Gal. --(b) washing hands and feet for purity JLAtg, PTA, JBA, LJLA.
  2 holiness (i.e., the result of sanctification) Gal, PTA.
  3 sanctification of betrothal by means of transfer of goods Gal, JBA.

qdy$ A02

qdyš (qaddīš) adj. holy

  1 holy Com. --(a) chaste Syr.
  2 angel BA-Da, Qum, Syr.
  3 cultic functionary . --(a) monk Syr. --(b) cultic prostitute Sam. (b.1) harlot (euphemism) Sam.