Related to Aramaic ליד (lyd, “under control of, next to”) and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic לידי (lydy, “into one's possession, into a state of, towards”). Developed parallel with لَدُن (ladun), derived from a contraction of لَ (la, “to, for; at”) + يَدَا (yadā, “hand”); at hand. Hence rendering the sense, to be right before them, to be in their presence, immediately at their person, nearly occupying the same location, as close as one can get.
لَدَى • (ladā)
| Inflected forms | |||||
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| Base form | لَدَى (ladā) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
| First person | لَدَيَّ (ladayya) | لَدَيْنَا (ladaynā) | |||
| Second person | لَدَيْكَ (ladayka) | لَدَيْكِ (ladayki) | لَدَيْكُمَا (ladaykumā) | لَدَيْكُمْ (ladaykum) | لَدَيْكُنَّ (ladaykunna) |
| Third person | لَدَيْهِ (ladayhi) | لَدَيْهَا (ladayhā) | لَدَيْهِمَا (ladayhimā) | لَدَيْهِمْ (ladayhim) | لَدَيْهِنَّ (ladayhinna) |