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Variant reading 1 of 2
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)n$ noun sg. abs. or construct
1 person, someone Com.
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--(a) inhabitant Com.
(a.1) sg. with pl. referent BA-Ez.
(a.2) +by : household members : see also s.v. ˀnšy bytˀ Qum, JLAtg, Syr, Man.
--(b) pl. : people Com.
(b.1) sg. with pl. agreement JLAtg, Syr.
1 sg. emph. as a collective (w. plural agreement) Syr.
--(c) pl. : adult family members, parents CPA, Syr, JBA.
2 Man, humanity (usually in the emphatic) BA-Da, Qum, JLAtg, Syr.
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--(a) human being JBA.
3 often in the absolute state (i.e., as a pronoun, even in Eastern Aramaic): .
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--(a) anyone Com, -OA.
(a.1) ܟܠ ܐܢܫ, ܟܠܢܫ : everyone : see s.v. klnš CPA, Syr.
(a.2) of a non-human individual Syr.
--(b) with a descriptive term for a person: a certain Syr.
(b.1) even after a feminine noun! Syr.
(b.2) ܐܢܫ ܒܪܢܫܐ : some person, any person Syr.
--(c) ܐܢܫ ܐܢܫ : each one CPA, Syr.
(c.1) (alone, in poetry) Syr.
--(d) absolute with negative verb: no one Com.
Variant reading 2 of 2
gbr noun sg. abs. or construct
1 man Com.
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--(a) specifically a male as opposed to a female Com.
(a.1) especially a virile male Syr.
1 husband Com.
--(b) with demonstrative pronoun as replacement for a personal pronoun JBA.
--(c) great or famous man JBA.
2 person, someone OfA-Egypt, Palm, Qum, JLAtg, PTA, Syr.
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--(a) absolute as a distributive Qum, JLAtg.
(a.1) gbr gbr CPA, Syr, LJLA.
(a.2) as a non-human JLAtg, Sam, Man.
--(b) abs. w. pl. verb : everyone, each OfA-Egypt, JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA.
3 supernatural being Man.
4 fig. : source of strength Syr.
