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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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gd noun sg. emphatic
gd, gdˀ (gaḏ, gaddā) n.m. fortune, luck
1 fortune, luck, fate Com. ▶ more

--(a) byš gd : adj. : unfortunate, unlucky Gal, Syr.

--(b) good fortune Man.
2 god of fortune Syr, JBAmb, JBA. ▶ more

--(a) genius of a place Palm, Syr, JBA.

(a.1) =Latin Fortuna : the god governing the fortune of a city or its quarters Palm, Hat, Syr, LJLA.

1 ܒܝܬ ܓܕ̈ܐ : temple of Fortuna Syr.

(a.2) as a person's god Palm, Hat, Gal, JBA.

--(b) the power of one's personal god of fortune in an oath Gal, Syr, JBAmb.