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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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hwy verb G
hwy vb. to be, to become

G

1 to be Com. ▶ more

--(a) (gram.) as an augmentative marker of tense and/or aspect Com.

(a.1) perfect with an active participle indicating a progressive or imperfectivity in the past Com.

(a.2) perfect, to mark perfectivity or irrealis Com.

1 perfect as a precative Syr.

(a.3) imperative with p.p. or adj. OfA, OfA-Egypt, BA-Ez.

--(b) to become Com.

(b.1) w. l_ : to change state, to turn into Com, -OA -OfA.
2 to endure, to exist Com. ▶ more

--(a) w. l_ : to possess : see s.v. l_ prep. Com.

--(b) to spend time JBA.
3 to come to pass, to happen Com. ▶ more

--(a) to come into existence Com.

--(b) w. indirect object: to happen to Syr, JBA.

(b.1) w. suffixed pronoun Syr.
4 in idioms: Com. ▶ more

--(a) ܠܵܐ ܗ̱ܘܵܐ : adv. : not, it is not [Note the present tense of this perfect form] Syr.

--(b) ܠܘܵܬ : to stay with someone Syr.

(b.1) ܠܘܵܬ ܢܲܦܫܸܗ : to come to one's senses Syr.

--(c) ܗܘܬ ܠ : to have sexual relations with a man Syr.

--(d) נְהֵי ד : let it be, granted JBA.

--(e) w. ב : to raise a point of discussion, deal with Gal, JBA.

C

to create Syr.

Gt

to become, to be changed Sam.

Ct

to be created Syr.