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ˀkwt (ˀaḵwāṯ) prep. like, just as
1
just like
Syr, Man
OS MkSin13:19↗ ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܐܟܘܬܗ ܡܢ ܝܘܡܐ܂ ܕܒܪܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܥܠܡܐ‏ : there was nothing like it since the day God created the world ; AGnEx 31.26↗ ܠܐ ܐܫܬܟܚ ܠܗ ܡܥܕܪܢܐ ܐܟܘܬܗ‏ : there was no helper like him present ; P 2S12:8↗ ܘܐܘܣܦܬ ܠܟ ܐܟܘܬܗܝܢ ܘܐܟܘܬܗܝܢ‏ : I added to you more and more just like them ; GS 57:13↗ mˁiatlaikun dmuta akuat dmutai : do you have a shape like my shape?
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+ dmy l_ : to seem just like
Man
GY 180:20↗ uakuat damit lgabra ḏqa^ii^m bma ušitin parsia bdišta : you look just like a man staying 160 parasangs in a desert
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conj.: just as
Man
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(l akuat, akuat : similarly
Man
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In Mandaic, unlike kwt, ˀkwt in the other dialects also appears as a preposition before non-pronominal objects. See note s.v. kwt prep.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 40[17]Drower/Macuch: 16a, 120b, 205bJ. Payne-Smith: 15

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