يد

From Proto-Semitic *yad-, whence was derived the root ي د ي‎ (y-d-y).

• IPA^(key): /jad/

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يَد • (yad) f (dual يَدَان‎ (yadān), plural أَيْدٍ‎ (ʔaydin) or أَيَادٍ‎ (ʔayādin)) (countable)

1. an appendage of a body (as of an animal)

   ‏لِلْأُخْطُبُوطِ ثَمَانِي أَيْدٍ.‎‎ ― lilʔuḵṭubūṭi ṯamānī ʔaydin. ― Octopuses have eight arms.

   Synonyms: ذِرَاع‎ (ḏirāʕ), طَرَف‎ (ṭaraf)

   1. (of quadrupeds, literary) a foreleg

      Coordinate term: رِجْل‎ (rijl, “hind leg”)

   2. (of primates, obsolete) the upper limb, the arm

      Synonym: ذِرَاع‎ (ḏirāʕ)

   3. (of birds, literary) a wing
   4. (of a garment) the covering of the arm, the arm of a garment, the sleeve

      Synonym: كُمّ‎ (kumm)

   5. (by extension) something resembling, likened to, or related to an appendage; including various technical elements perceived as an appendage:
      1. pestle for a mortar (this is the normal term for it in Arabic)

         Synonyms: مِدَقّ‎ (midaqq), (also normal in al-Andalus) دَسْتَج‎ (dastaj)

      2. tiller of a rudder
      3. armrest of an armchair
      4. handle of an axe or hatchet
      5. handle of a quernstone
      6. tip of an archery bow
2. (of primates) the part of the upper limb between the wrist and the fingertips, the terminal portion of the arm, the hand

   Synonym: كَفّ‎ (kaff)

   1. (by extension) the capacity to handle a thing, ability, power, kingship, ownership, help, grip, control, hand, dexterity, métier and so on
3. (al-Andalus, Morocco in the Middle Ages) a unit of measure
   1. flock of sheep
   2. a portion of a meadow snithen by two to three grasscutters or harvestmen in a row
   3. a vine row of 30, 40 or 60 cubits depending on the terrain worked by four vignerons one after the other
      • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII^e siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 247 (٥٥) line 4:

      • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام‎ [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة‎ [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, page 530 line 16:

        the edition is bad and has been corrected here by Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “يد”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 849a

   4. a quire of paper

      Synonyms: رِزْمَة‎ (rizma), حُزْمَة‎ (ḥuzma), كُرَّاسَة‎ (kurrāsa)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• يَدَوِيّ‎ (yadawiyy, “manual”, adjective)
• يَدِيّ‎ (yadiyy, “manual”, adjective)
• يَدَى‎ (yadā, “to hurt the hand; to service”, verb)
• يَادَى‎ (yādā, “to retribute”, verb)
• أَيْدَى‎ (ʔaydā, “to corroborate, to give hand to”, verb)

• Egyptian Arabic: ايد‎ (īd)
• Gulf Arabic: ايد‎ (īd)
• Maltese: id, jedd
• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “يد”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 849–850
• Freytag, Georg (1837), “يد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 516–517
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “يد”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 1623–1626
• Ibn ʿAbdūn (a. 1135), “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII^e siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎ (in French), issue 2, published 1934, page 299
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “يد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /jadd/, [jad]

يَد • (yadd) f (dual يَدِّين‎ (yaddēn), plural أيادي‎ (ʔayādi))

1. (anatomy) hand

   ‏يَدِّي تِحُكَّنِي‎

   yaddi tiḥukkani

   My hand is itching

• ايد‎ (ʔīd)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /jadː/, /jidː/

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يَد or يِد • (yadd or yidd) f (dual يَدين‎ (yaddayn) or يِدين‎ (yiddayn), plural يَدين‎ (yaddīn) or يِدين‎ (yiddīn))

1. (anatomy) hand