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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.

l_ p03
l_ prep. to, for


$myn noun pl. emphatic
šmyn, šmyˀ (šmayn, šmayyā) n.m.pl.t. heaven; ceiling
1 heaven Com. ▶ more

--(a) as a divinity OA, OfA-Mes.

(a.1) metonymy for God Com.

--(b) (in construct with itself) : highest heaven JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.

--(c) the weather Syr.
2 roof, ceiling Syr, JBA. ▶ more

--(a) fig.: Syr.

(a.1) ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܚܸܟܸܿܐ : palate (and see also s.v. šwmy ḥyk) Syr.

(a.2) ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ : top of mouth behind teeth Syr.

(a.3) w. ܪܟܢ : his roof (or high-brow?) collapsed, i.e., lost status or the like Syr.

--(b) ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܓܸܠ̈ܕܸܐ : a type of siege device : roofed with skins Syr.


lwt p01
lwt (lwāṯ) prep. towards
1 towards (animates) Com, -OA -OfA -BA. ▶ more

--(a) ܕܠܘܬ : introducing an adjectival phrase Syr.

--(b) w. verbs of speech Syr.
2 at, with, to be with (persons) Jud, CPA, Syr, Man. ▶ more

--(a) according to Syr.

--(b) l- X lwt Y: Y has for X Palm, Syr.

--(c) concerning, with regard to CPA, Syr.

(c.1) with non-personal Syr.

--(d) biluat : along with Man.

(d.1) min biluat, biluat min : idem. Man.

--(e) to the home of (cf. French chez) CPA.
3 w. inanimates : towards, in the direction of Sam, Syr. ▶ more

--(a) in front of, facing Syr.

(a.1) next to, up against (?) Syr.

(a.2) w. verbal noun : to the point of x Syr.

--(b) respecting, as regards, for a purpose (with impersonal objects) OfA-Egypt, Syr.

(b.1) ܐܝܟ ܕܠܘܬ idem. (also with animates) Syr.

--(c) juxtaposed with, compared to Syr.

(c.1) (philos.) ܠܘܬ ܡܕܡ : category of relatives Syr.