Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔiðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔiðe(ʔ)], [ʔiðajjɑ(ʔ)], [ʔiðawwɑθɑ(ʔ)], [ʔiðahhɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܕܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܐܝܕܗܬܐ or ܐܝܕܘܬܐ or ܐܝܕܝܐ or ܐܝܕܐ)

1. (anatomy) hand; forearm, arm
2. fist
3. (animal anatomy) paw, forepaw
4. glove
5. armrest
6. handle
7. axle (of a wheel)
8. clapper (of a bell)
9. side, bank, shore
10. (figuratively) power, might, dominion
11. (figuratively) laying on of hands, ordination

Inflection

Usage notes

Usually, the plurals ܐܝܕܐ ‎(ʾīḏēʾ) and ܐܝܕܝܐ ‎(ʾīḏayyāʾ) are used for literal or animate senses while ܐܝܕܘܬܐ ‎(ʾīḏawwāṯāʾ) and ܐܝܕܗܬܐ ‎(ʾīḏahhāṯāʾ) are used for figurative or inanimate senses.

Derived terms

• ܒܝܕ
• ܒܪ ܐܝܕܐ
• ܟܬܒܬ ܐܝܕܐ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔe(j)ðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔe(j)ðe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܕܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܐܝܕܐ)

1. Alternative form of ܥܐܕܐ

Inflection

References

• “yd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 136b-137a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 186a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 31b