ܝܕܝܕܐ

Cogante of Hebrew יָדִיד (yadíd), Arabic وَدِيد (wadīd) and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎄 (yd).

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ܝܲܕܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ • (yadīḏā) (feminine ܝܲܕܝܼܕܬܵܐ (yadīdtā), plural ܝܲܕܝܼܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ (yadīḏē))

1. beloved, dear

   Synonyms: ܚܲܒܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥabīḇā), ܥܲܙܝܼܙܵܐ (ˁazīzā)

ܝܲܕܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ • (yadīḏā) m (plural ܝܲܕܝܼܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ (yadīḏē), feminine ܝܲܕܝܼܕܬܵܐ (yadīdtā))

1. beloved, dear
2. friend

   Synonyms: ܪܵܚܡܵܐ (rāḥmā), ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (ḥaḇrā)

This word does not carry the connotation of romantic partner like ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (ḥaḇrā) does.

• ܝܲܕܝܼܕ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (yadīḏūṯā)
• ܝܲܕܝܼܕ݂ܝܵܐ (yadīḏyā)

Reduplicated noun derived from ܐܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (īḏā, “hand”).

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ܝܲܕ݂ܝܵܕ݂ܵܐ • (yaḏyāḏā) m (plural ܝܲܕ݂ܝܵܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ (yaḏyāḏē))

1. millipede; centipede

   Synonym: ܕܲܢܕܵܠܵܐ (dandālā)

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ܝܕܝܕܐ • (yaḏyāḏā) m (plural ܝܕܝܕܐ)

1. hoopoe

   Synonym: ܐܢܦܐ

2. millipede; centipede

   Synonym: ܫܪܛܐ

From the root ܝ-ܕ-ܕ, related to loving; compare Hebrew יָדִיד (yāḏîḏ).

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ܝܕܝܕܐ • (yaddīḏā) m (plural ܝܕܝܕܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܕܝܕܬܐ)

1. beloved, dear

• ܝܕܝܕܘܬܐ (yaddīḏūṯā)

From Hebrew יְדִידְיָה (Yəḏîḏyâ, “beloved of Yahweh”).

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1=m

ܝܕܝܕܐ • (Yaddīḏā)

1. Jedidiah

• “ydyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-12-24
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 136b, 137b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 187a
• 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. 563a-b