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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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w_ c
w_ (wə_) conj. and, also


klb noun pl. emphatic
klb, klbˀ (kleḇ, kalbā) n.m. dog
1 dog Com. ▶ more

--(a) (astron.) (also ܟܠܒܐ ܕܓܒܪܐ : the Dog Star: Sirius Syr.

--(b) (astron.) the entire 'dog', i.e., Canis Major Syr.
2 base person OfA-Egypt, Gal, Syr.
3 male prostitute JLAtg, PTA, LJLA.
4 sultry day, dog-day [Greek calque] Syr.
5 ܕܦܠܣܘܦܐ : cynic Syr.
6 ܟܠܒܐ ܕܡܝ̈ܐ : otter (?) Syr.