Abbreviations and Symbols
| AP | active participle (G-, D- and C-stems) |
| BA | Biblical Aramaic |
| Bab. Tal. | Babylonian Talmud |
| CPA | Christian Palestinian Aramaic |
| hab. | habitual |
| imp. | imperative |
| impf. | imperfective |
| JBA | Jewish Babylonian Aramaic |
| JMP | Jewish Middle Palestinian |
| LD | Lišana Deni |
| NENA | North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic |
| NT | New Testament |
| perf. | perfective |
| PP | passive participle (G-, D- and C-stems) |
| qāṭil | AP, the two terms are used synonymously |
| qṭal | suffix conjugation |
| qṭīl | PP, the two terms are used synonymously |
| RP | reference point |
| WNA | Western Neo-Aramaic |
| yiqṭulL | long form of yiqṭul (prefix conjugation) |
| yiqṭulS | short form of yiqṭul |
| { } | accidental addition |
| [ ] | gap in the text |
| ⟨ ⟩ | accidental omission |
| / … / | phonemic spelling |
| // … // | morphophonemic spelling |
In addition to the usual transliteration letters, the following one is used:
| ṱ | non-aspirated t |