"אי" meaning in Aramaic

See אי in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

Forms: אִי [canonical], ʾī [romanization]
Etymology: Apocopated from אִין (ʾin), from Proto-Semitic *šim (“if”). Compare Hebrew אִם. Etymology templates: {{inh|arc|sem-pro|*šim|t=if}} Proto-Semitic *šim (“if”), {{cog|he|אִם}} Hebrew אִם Head templates: {{head|arc|conj|head=אִי|tr=ʾī}} אִי • (ʾī)
  1. (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic) if, whether Tags: Jewish-Babylonian-Aramaic
    Sense id: en-אי-arc-conj-7FMZqRH4 Categories (other): Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
  2. (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic) either... or Tags: Jewish-Babylonian-Aramaic, Jewish-Literary-Aramaic
    Sense id: en-אי-arc-conj-u-CBTpHa Categories (other): Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Aramaic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Aramaic entries with incorrect language header: 43 57
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "אִם"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew אִם",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʾī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Aramaic",
  "lang_code": "arc",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jewish Babylonian Aramaic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "if, whether"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ],
        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Jewish Babylonian Aramaic) if, whether"
      ],
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      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jewish Literary Aramaic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Aramaic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "or",
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        ]
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        "(Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic) either... or"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jewish-Babylonian-Aramaic",
        "Jewish-Literary-Aramaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "אי"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Aramaic conjunctions",
    "Aramaic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Aramaic lemmas",
    "Aramaic terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Aramaic terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "אִם"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʾī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "arc",
  "pos": "conj",
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        "Jewish Babylonian Aramaic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "if, whether"
      ],
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        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ],
        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Jewish Babylonian Aramaic) if, whether"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jewish-Babylonian-Aramaic"
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    },
    {
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        "Jewish Babylonian Aramaic",
        "Jewish Literary Aramaic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "either... or"
      ],
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        [
          "either",
          "either"
        ],
        [
          "or",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic) either... or"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "אי"
}

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