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dyn (dēn) conj./adv. then, thereupon
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then, thereupon
CPA, Syr, JudSyr
Lag(387) John15:26↗ ܟܕ ܝܐܬܐ ܡܢܚܡܢܐ ܕܝܢ‏ : [Greek: Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ὁ παράκλητος] ; OS MtCur1:12↗ ܡܢ ܒܬܪ ܓܠܘܬܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܒܒܠ‏ : then, after the Babylonian exile
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emphasizes interrogatives and particles: so, so then
Syr, LJLA
JulSok 45(19):26↗ ܟܒܪ ܕܝܢ ܗܫܐ ܪܡܝܐ ܗܘܬ ܥܠܝܟܘܢ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܘܙܘܥܬܐ‏ : perhaps, then, fear and trembling would have come upon you ; TgQoh4:8↗ למא דין אנא טרח ומחסר ית נפשי‏ : why then I am toiling and depriving myself?
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after a clause with ܡܿܢ : on the other hand, but
Syr
BhKJ 2:3 ܙܥܘܪܐ ܡ݁ܢ ܒܟܡܝܘܬܐ܂ ܪܒܐ ܕܝܢ ܒܚܝܠܐ‏ : small in amount but large in power ; Jude 1:8↗ ܠܒ݂ܸܣܪܵܐ ܡܲܢ ܡܛܲܢܦ݂ܼܝܢ܂ ܠܡܵܪܘ݂ܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܸ݁ܝܢ ܛܵܠܡܼܝܢ‏ : [=Gk. σάρκα μὲν μιαίνουσι, κυριότητα δὲ ἀθετοῦσι]
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ܕܝܢ ... ܕܝܢ instead of ܡܢ ... ܕܝܢ
Syr
JbEd BTr 322.1:24↗ ܥܠ ܚܫܚܬܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܨ̈ܒܥܬܐ ܛܒ ܪܘܝܚܐܝܬ ܐܡܝܪ ܠܗ ܠܓܐܠܝܢܘܣ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܥܠ ܚܫܚܬܐ ܕܗ̈ܕܡܐ ܚܢܢ ܕܝܢ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܘ ܥܠ ܚܫܚܬܐ ܕܗ̈ܕܡܐ ܣܝܡܐ ܠܢ ܠܡܐܡܪܪ‏ : the function of the fingers has been broadly written about by Galen in that book on the function of the organs, we, on the other hand, since we have not been given to speak about the function of the organs ...
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There are some possible examples in CPA confused with dyn pron. instead of normative dy conj./adv.
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See also dy adv. and dyn pron., and ˀykdyn adv.
From an etymological perspective, this ubiquitous Syriac enclitic is almost certainly the heir to earlier ˀdyn (rather than a similar but limited usage of the pronoun dyn in non-Syriac literary texts, which itself is rather a reflection of Biblical Hebrew usage), but in Syriac usage it has become a calque of the Greek enclitic δέ. Also see s.v. hydyn.
The whole issue is complex: See A.M. Butts, "Between Aramaic *ˀiδayn and Greek δέ: The Linguistic History of Syriac den", in Teule, H.//et. al, Syriac in Its Multi-Cultural Context (Louvain: Peeters, 2017) Pp. 13-30.
Note that there are LJLA contexts where the Aramaic lmh dyN is equivalent to Biblical Hebrew לָמָּה alone rather than לָמָּה זֶּה.
Omitted from DCPA as Syriac.

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