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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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Note: the primary source itself has an uncertain reading here (marked with a slash in the text), not a manuscript variant. The entries below are speculative alternate readings, listed in sequence.

)yn c01 = )yn c --> )n c
ˀn, hn (ˀen, ˀin, hin) conj. if
1 if Com. ▶ more

--(a) as a negative in an oath formula Qum.

--(b) ܐܢܗܘ : if it is the case, nonetheless Syr.
2 either...or, whether ... whether Qum, Gal, PTA, Syr. ▶ more

--(a) in second position of an interrogative context : or? LJLA.
3 w. ܕܝܢ : see s.v. ˀndyn Syr.