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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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d_ c = d_ c --> dy c
l) a
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) .


hwy verb G
hwy vb. to be, to become

G

1 to be Com. ▶ more

--(a) (gram.) as an augmentative marker of tense and/or aspect Com.

(a.1) perfect with an active participle indicating a progressive or imperfectivity in the past Com.

(a.2) perfect, to mark perfectivity or irrealis Com.

1 perfect as a precative Syr.

(a.3) imperative with p.p. or adj. OfA, OfA-Egypt, BA-Ez.

--(b) to become Com.

(b.1) w. l_ : to change state, to turn into Com, -OA -OfA.
2 to endure, to exist Com. ▶ more

--(a) w. l_ : to possess : see s.v. l_ prep. Com.

--(b) to spend time JBA.
3 to come to pass, to happen Com. ▶ more

--(a) to come into existence Com.

--(b) w. indirect object: to happen to Syr, JBA.

(b.1) w. suffixed pronoun Syr.
4 in idioms: Com. ▶ more

--(a) ܠܵܐ ܗ̱ܘܵܐ : adv. : not, it is not [Note the present tense of this perfect form] Syr.

--(b) ܠܘܵܬ : to stay with someone Syr.

(b.1) ܠܘܵܬ ܢܲܦܫܸܗ : to come to one's senses Syr.

--(c) ܗܘܬ ܠ : to have sexual relations with a man Syr.

--(d) נְהֵי ד : let it be, granted JBA.

--(e) w. ב : to raise a point of discussion, deal with Gal, JBA.

C

to create Syr.

Gt

to become, to be changed Sam.

Ct

to be created Syr.