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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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l) a01
lˀ (lā) adv. no, not
1 no! (as interj.) Com.
2 not (preceding and negating a predicate) Com. ▶ more

--(a) ܠܵܐ ܗܘܵܐ : it is not, is not (negating other than verbs) Syr.

--(b) with elided predicate Com.

--(c) (before volitives, replacing earlier ˀl) Com, -OA -OfA -BA.

--(d) before second person imperfect as a prohibitive Com.

--(e) dī lā, dlā : without : see s.v. dlˀ prep. .

(e.1) ܕܠܵܐ ܂܂܂ ܘܠܵܐ : without ... and without ... Syr.

--(f) negating an infinitive .

--(g) l) ˀyt(y) there is not (for later forms see s.v. lyt, l)yty vb./adv. ) .

--(h) ܠܐ ܂܂܂ ܘܠܐ : neither ... nor Syr.
3 compounded with adjectives, nouns, abstracts, and adverbs ='un-', 'non', 'in-' Syr, JBA. ▶ more

--(a) with agent nouns: .

(a.1) adjectives therefrom .

1 adverbs therefrom and other adverbs .

2 abstracts therefrom .

--(b) other adjectives .

--(c) other abstract nouns (not ending in -ūṯā) .


$m( verb G
šmˁ vb. a/a(u) to hear

G

1 to hear (w. d.o. or b_) something Com. ▶ more

--(a) to hear and respond to Com.

--(b) šmyˁ l_ : perfective: to have heard OfA, OfA-Pers, Gal, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, JBAg, LJLA.

(b.1) w. קדם to avoid divine anthropomorphism JLAtg.

--(c) to hear ( d.o. or ˁl) about, be informed of Com.
2 to listen Com. ▶ more

--(a) to obey Com.

(a.1) to hear and accept an argument, agree with someone Syr, JBA.

--(b) to understand Com.

(b.1) +מן : to infer from, deduce JBA.

(b.2) ܐܡܪ ܘܫܡܥ ܥܲܡ : to converse with Syr.

(b.3) imv. : the shema LJLA.

--(c) to listen in a formal context Syr.

D

1 to announce to Syr. ▶ more

--(a) to sing praises JLAtg.
2 to serve, administer to JBA.

C

1 to cause to hear Com. ▶ more

--(a) to announce Com.

--(b) (of sound) to sound, resound Syr.

--(c) to cause to obey Syr.

(c.1) to summon with an announcement Syr, Man.
2 to give to understand, teach a legal tradition JBA, JBAg. ▶ more

--(a) to imply JBA.

Gt

1 to be heard Com. ▶ more

--(a) to be announced CPA, Syr, JBA.

--(b) to be intelligible, to be logically interpreted Syr.

--(c) to have a reputation Syr.
2 to listen carefully Syr. ▶ more

--(a) to obey BA-Da, Qum, JLAtg, CPA, Syr, LJLA.

(a.1) to be subject to Syr.

1 w. על, ל : to desert to JLAtg.

--(b) to receive an announcement (or: Dt?) Syr.