The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

מָה מָא‏ pron. what?

what? Com. + l_ : what is the matter with? Com. בְמָא‏ : how? JLAtg, CPA.

(usually) with following adj.: how! JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA.

what, that which (indef./rel. pron.) Com. w. kl : see s.v. klmh pron. Com.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 292b; DJBA: 643b; Jastrow: 736; Levy Ch-W: 2:1; Tal Sam: 453a; DNWSI: 599; DJA: 61b; Cook,Qumran: 134;

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Derivatives:

hykmh (hēḵmā) conj./prep as, just as

klwm (klūm) pron. something

kl mh, klmh pron. whatever, everything

kmh (kəmā, kammā) adv. how much

ˁl ˀḥt kmh wkmh adv. how much more so

ˁl ḥd kmh wkmh adv. how much more so

lmˀ (lāmā) n.m. nothingness

mˀy (may) pron. what

mdyn (māḏēn) conj./adv. therefore

mdˁm, mdm, mydy (mendˁam/meddem/meddē) pron. something

klmdm, kl mdˁm (kulmeddem, kul meddɘˁam) pron. everything

šwm mydˁm pron. nothing

mh, mh d_, mdy conj. what

mh ˀm, mh ˀn conj. perhaps

mh dyl_ n.m. property of ...

mh dlmh adv. perhaps

mlwˀ conj. if only, would that

mn, mnˀ (mān, mānā) pron. #2 what?

ˁdmˀ (ˁăḏammā) prep. until

ˁl mˀ, ˁl mnˀ, ˀmˀy conj. why?