ܐܝܕܐ

From Aramaic יְדָא (yəḏā), from Proto-Semitic *yad-; compare Arabic يَد (yad), Hebrew יָד (yád) and Akkadian 𒀉 (idum, “arm”).

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ܐܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ • (īḏā) f sg (plural ܐܝܼ̈ܕ݂ܹܐ (īḏē) or ܐܝܼ̈ܕ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (īḏāṯā) or ܐܝܼ̈ܕ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (īḏawwāṯā))

1. (anatomy) hand

   ܫܓ݂ܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܐܝܼܕ݂ܝܼ. ― He shook my hand.

   ܐܝܼܕ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ ܠܵܐ ܡܵܪܥܝܼ ― īḏāḵ lā mārˁī ― May your hands not hurt

   ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܒܐܝܼܕ݂ܝܼ ― īlāh bīḏī ― I can control it/it is in my power (literally, “It is in my hand”)

   ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܪܓ݂ܝܼܙ ܠܹܗ ܘܡܨܘܼܪܦܸܚ ܠܹܗ ܐܝܼܕ݂ܹܗ ܥܲܠ ܦܵܬ݂ܘܿܪܵܐ. ― gaḇrā rḡīz lēh w-mṣurpiḥ lēh īḏēh ˁal pāṯōrā. ― The man got angry and slapped his hand on the table.

   • 1 Peter 1:5:

     ܒܵܣ ܡܲܟܦܘܼܢ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܬ݇ܚܘܿܬ݂ ܐܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܚܲܝܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ، ܕܡܲܪܸܡ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܒܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܚܫܝܼܚܬܵܐ.

     bās makpūn nafšḵōn ḥōṯ īḏā ḥaylānīṯā d-allāhā, d-marrim lāwḵōn b-ˁiddānā ḥšīḥtā.

     Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.

2. (animal anatomy) paw
3. (card games) hand
4. (soccer) hand foul
5. (figuratively) power, might, dominion

• The plural ܐܝܼ̈ܕ݂ܹܐ (īḏē) is used for literal or animate senses of the same possession while ܐܝܼ̈ܕ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (īḏāṯā) is used for the possession of more than one as well as for figurative or inanimate senses.

Inherited from Aramaic אַיְדָּא (ʾaydā), from אַי (ʾay) +‎ הָדֵּא (hāḏē, “this”), hence from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-; compare Hebrew אֵיזוֹ (éizo) and Arabic أَيَّة (ʔayya).

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ܐܲܝܕܵܐ • (aydā) (masculine ܐܲܝܢܵܐ (aynā), plural ܐܲܝܠܹܝܢ (aylēn))

1. (interrogative) which

   ܐܲܝܕܵܐ ܟܵܘܬ݂ܵܐ ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚܬܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܬ݇. ― aydā kāwṯā pṯīḥtā ìwā. ― Which window was open?

   ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܹܢ ܐܲܝܕܵܐ ܓܘܼܒܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܟܹܐ ܡܫܲܥܠܹܐ. ― lā kē yāḏˁēn aydā gubṯā d-kē mšaˁlē. ― I don't know which cheese he prefers.

Many dialects only use the masculine form regardless of gender or plural.

• ܐܲܝܕܵܐ ܕܗܵܘܝܵܐ (aydā d-hāwyā, “Whichever one; Any of them.”)

From Proto-Semitic *yad-.

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ܐܝܕܐ • (ˀīḏā) 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

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.

• ܒܝܕ
• ܒܪ ܐܝܕܐ
• ܟܬܒܬ ܐܝܕܐ

Synonyms

• ܙܪܬܐ

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ܐܝܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܝܕܐ)

1. Alternative form of ܥܐܕܐ

• “yd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 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

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ܐܝܕ݂ܳܐ • (iḏo) f (plural ܐܝܕ݂ܶܐ (iḏe) or ܐܝܕ݂ܳܬ݂ܶܐ (iḏoṯe))

1. (anatomy) hand