ridda

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِدَّة (ridda).

Pronunciation

Noun

r̃iddā f (possessed form r̃iddar̃)

  1. apostasy

Italian

Etymology

Compare riddare (to go round in circles).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrid.da/
  • Rhymes: -idda
  • Hyphenation: rìd‧da

Noun

ridda f (plural ridde)

  1. a frenetic dance
  2. an incessant jumble of thoughts, ideas etc.

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *riddjō.

Cognate with Old High German ritto and Old Norse -riði. Related to rīdan (to ride) and rād (riding, a ride).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈrid.dɑ/

Noun

ridda m

  1. rider
  2. horseman, cavalryman, knight
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Fēower hund and ðūsend cræta hē hæfde, and twelf ðūsend riddena; þrēo ðūsend biġspella hē ġesette, and fīf ðūsend lēoða; and asmēade bē ǣlċum trēowcynne, fram ðām hēagan ċederbēame, oðpæt hē cōm tō ðǣre lȳtlan ysopan. Ēac swylċe bē nȳtenum, and fixum, and fugelum hē smēade, and of eallum lēodum cōmon menn tō ġehȳrenne Salomones wīsdōm.
      He had one thousand, four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; he composed three thousand proverbs, and five thousand songs; and he contemplated on every kind of tree, from the tall cedar, to the little hyssop. Likewise, he contemplated animals, and fish, and birds, and people came from every tribe in order to hear Solomon's wisdom.

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative ridda riddan
accusative riddan riddan
genitive riddan riddena
dative riddan riddum