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ky (kī) conj. when
1
when
Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA
SyrIncBowl 4.4↗ ܟܝ ܗܘܐ ܕܝܬܝܒ ܪܒ ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܦܪܗܝܐ‏ ; BTŠvu 45b(9)↗ כי מטי זמן חיוביה רמי אנפשיה ומידכר‏ : when the time of his liability arrives he makes an effort and remembers ; TgRuth2:21↗ עד זמן דכי ישיצון ית כל חצדיא דילי‏ : until the time when all they finish all my harvesting ; TgTosPr 2Kgs.4:1↗ כי אטמרתינהו למאה נביאיה במערתא‏ : when (or: because?) I hid the hundred prophets in the cave
2
לכי : whenever
JBA, JBAg
BT Ber 19a(18)↗ לכי תשכח נפק דק ואשכח תלת‏ : whenever you find (them). He went out and looked and found three
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In Syriac only in magic borrowed from JBA formulae. This word, a development from kdy, should be kept distinct from the early Aramaic homograph meaning "because, for".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 571aJastrow: 630

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