צד

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Hebrew

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
צ־ד־ד (ts-d-d)

Likely related to Arabic ضد (ḍadd).

Noun

צַד (tsádm (plural indefinite צְדָדִים or צִדִּים, singular construct צַד־, plural construct צִדֵּי־)

  1. (literally) A side.
  2. (figuratively) A side, an aspect; a viewpoint.
    הצד החיוביhatsád hakhiyuvíthe bright side (literally, “the positive side”)
    מצד אחד, []; מצד שני\אחר, []
    mitsád ekhád, ; mitsád shení/akhér, 
    On the one hand, ; on the other hand, 
    (literally, “From one side, ; from another side, ”)
Declension
References

Etymology 2

Root
צ־י־ד (ts-y-d)

Verb

צָד (tsad) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָצוּד, future יָצוּד, imperative צוּד)

  1. to hunt
Conjugation

Persian

Etymology

Use of the letter צ instead of ס for /s/ is an orthographic borrowing from the Arabic script.

Numeral

צד (sad)

  1. Judeo-Persian spelling of صد (sad).
    • 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:
      נכרדה או וֿפֿא בא אהל דווראן
      שכסתה צד הזאראן עהד ופיימאן
      na-karde u vafâ bâ ahl-e dowrân
      šekaste sad hezârân ahd o peymân
      She has never been faithful to people of the world,
      Breaking a hundred thousand promises and pacts.

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew צד (tsád).

Noun

צד (tsadm, plural צדדים (tsdodim)

  1. side, party
  2. faction
    Synonyms: פֿראַקציע (fraktsye), כּיתּה (kite), גרופּע (grupe), סעקטע (sekte)
  3. (linguistics) person
    Synonym: פּערזאָן (perzon)

Derived terms

References

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “צד” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “side”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN