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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.

d_ c = d_ c --> dy c
)km verb C
ˀkm vb. a/a, u/a to be black

G

1 to be(come) black OfA-Egypt, Syr, Man.
2 (eyes) to become dark, become blind OfA-Egypt.

D

1 to blacken Sam.
2 to treat badly (?) JLAtg.

C

1 to blacken Syr.
2 to be black Syr.

Dt

to be blackened Syr.

Ct

to be blackened Syr.


d_ c = d_ c --> dy c
)wkm A01
ˀwkm (ˀukkām) adj. black
1 black JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
2 pupil (of the eye; see also s.v. ˀwkmt ˁynˀ) Syr, JBA.
3 various black (or very dark) objects . ▶ more

--(a) pl. garments, textiles (as a sign of sadness, mourning) Syr.

--(b) pl. spots Syr, JBA.

(b.1) f.pl.: algae, moss, or mildew spots JBA.

--(c) (gram.) diacritical points Syr.

--(d) people LJLA.