ܕ-

From Aramaic דְּ־ (də-).

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• IPA^(key): (at starting speech)

ܕ- • (d-)

1. (relative pronoun) that, which, who(m).

   ܒܸܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܕܝܼܠܹܗ ܐܵܢܲܢܩܵܝܵܐ. ― biḥšāḇā ìwen d-īlēh ānanqāyā. ― I think that it is important.

   ܟܸܣܦܵܐ ܕܐ݇ܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܬܸܡܵܠ. ― kispā d-ṯē lēh timmāl. ― The money that came yesterday.

2. As an intensified structure for noun phrases

   ܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܵܐ ܕܣܵܒ݂ܝܼ ― miskēnā d-sāḇī ― My very humble grandfather (literally, “The humble one who is my grandfather.”)

   ܗܲܘܢܵܢܵܐ ܕܡܵܪܩܘܿܣ ― hawnānā d-Mārqōs ― The very smart Mark (Used sarcastically) (literally, “The smart one who is Mark.”)

   ܣܪܝܼܚܵܐ ܕܐܲܚܘܿܢܹܗ ― srīḥā d-aḥōnēh ― His very impudent brother (literally, “The impudent one who is his brother.”)

   ܡܚܘܼܣܝܵܐ ܕܒܵܒܝܼ ― mḥussyā d-bābī ― My late father (literally, “The absolved one who is my father.”)

   ܒܝܼܫܵܐ ܕܣܵܛܵܢܵܐ ― bīšā d-sāṭānā ― Satan the very evil one (literally, “The evil one who is Satan.”)

• ܕܝܼ (dī)

ܕ- • (d-)

1. in order that, for, so that used to indicate purpose

   ܘܵܠܹܐ ܕܐܵܟ݂ܠܹܬ ܕܡܲܣܒܥܸܬ ܠܹܗ ܟܸܦܢܘܼܟ݂. ― wālē d-āḵlēt d-masbˤit lēh kipnūḵ. ― You have to eat so that you can satsify your hunger.

• ܩܵܐ ܕ- (qā d-)

ܕ- • (d-)

1. Of, belonging to, owned by, pertaining to.

   ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܠܘܼܩܵܐ ― kṯāḇā d-Lūqā ― Luke’s book (literally, “The book of Luke”)

   ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܝܼܘܼܟ݂؟ ― aykā ìlēh hānā kṯāḇā dīyuḵ? ― Where is that book of yours?

• This preposition is omitted in terms of measurement. For example, ܬܠܵܬ݂ ܬ̈ܲܢܲܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܣܘܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ― tlāṯ tannayāṯā sūrāˀīṯ ― Three words of Syriac, ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܡܲܛܥܸܡܬܵܐ ܫܸܟܲܪ ― ḥḏā maṭˁimtā šikkar ― Two spoons of sugar, ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ ܪܹ̈ܝܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܬܘܼܡܵܐ ― arbˁā rēšawwāṯā tūmā ― Four heads of garlic, etc.
• Occasionally the variant ܕܲ- (da-) is used in some learned borrowings from Classical Syriac, when preceding a two-consonant cluster. E.g. ܒܲܠܚܘܿܕ݂ (balḥōḏ, “only”), ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ ܕܲܕܡܵܐ (āḡōḡā da-dmā, “blood vessel”) and ܩܸܢܛܪܘܿܢ ܕܲܡܕ݂ܝܼܢܬܵܐ (qinṭrōn damḏīntā, “downtown”).

• ܕܝܼܠ (dīl, “belonging to”)