حدأة

Arabic

حَدَأَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ (ḥadaʔatun sawdāʔu) – Milvus migrans

Etymology 1

Unclear. Compares to Aramaic הדיא (hāḏāyā), הודיא (hōḏāyā, “a kind of bird of prey”), Mishnaic Hebrew הֲדָיָה (haḏāyā, “a bird of the hawk species”), for earlier Biblical Hebrew דָּאׇה (dāʾā), דַּיָּה (dayyā) either of which has been assumed to mean “kite” and equated with Aramaic דַּיְיתָא, דַּיְתָא (dayyəṯā), דַּיּוּתָא (dayyūṯā), which is found in Classical Syriac as ܕܰܝܬ݂ܳܐ (dayṯā, “kite”), ܕܰܝܘܱܝ (dayway, “kite”), even Ugaritic 𐎄𐎛𐎊 (dỉy, “a kind of bird of prey”), and curiously poetic Arabic اِبْن دَأْيَة (ibn daʔya, “raven”), like the Aramaic and Hebrew bird names with h- are also preceded by בַּר (bar) respectively בֶּן (ben, “son”), sometimes in the latter בַּר (bar) which exposes the latter as an Aramaism, so perhaps the Arabic terms are too, with better-preserved consonantism as in كَمَأ (kamaʔ, “truffle”). Consider also the borrowing of a transferred sense in دَيُّوث (dayyūṯ, “cuckold”). The Tigre ሕዶ (ḥədo, “owl”) may be an only random correspondence.

Alternative forms

• حِدَّايَة (ḥiddāya) — colloquial

Noun

حَدَأَة or حِدْأَة or حِدَأَة or حِدَّأَة • (ḥadaʔa or ḥidʔa or ḥidaʔa or ḥiddaʔa) f (plural حِدْآن (ḥidʔān) or حِدَأ (ḥidaʔ) or حِدَاء (ḥidāʔ))

1. kite (bird)

Declension

Declension of noun حَدَأَة (ḥadaʔa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَدَأَة ḥadaʔa	الْحَدَأَة al-ḥadaʔa	حَدَأَة ḥadaʔat
Nominative	حَدَأَةٌ ḥadaʔatun	الْحَدَأَةُ al-ḥadaʔatu	حَدَأَةُ ḥadaʔatu
Accusative	حَدَأَةً ḥadaʔatan	الْحَدَأَةَ al-ḥadaʔata	حَدَأَةَ ḥadaʔata
Genitive	حَدَأَةٍ ḥadaʔatin	الْحَدَأَةِ al-ḥadaʔati	حَدَأَةِ ḥadaʔati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَدَأَتَيْن ḥadaʔatayn	الْحَدَأَتَيْن al-ḥadaʔatayn	حَدَأَتَيْ ḥadaʔatay
Nominative	حَدَأَتَانِ ḥadaʔatāni	الْحَدَأَتَانِ al-ḥadaʔatāni	حَدَأَتَا ḥadaʔatā
Accusative	حَدَأَتَيْنِ ḥadaʔatayni	الْحَدَأَتَيْنِ al-ḥadaʔatayni	حَدَأَتَيْ ḥadaʔatay
Genitive	حَدَأَتَيْنِ ḥadaʔatayni	الْحَدَأَتَيْنِ al-ḥadaʔatayni	حَدَأَتَيْ ḥadaʔatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِدْآن‎; حِدَأ‎; حِدَاء ḥidʔān‎; ḥidaʔ‎; ḥidāʔ	الْحِدْآن‎; الْحِدَأ‎; الْحِدَاء al-ḥidʔān‎; al-ḥidaʔ‎; al-ḥidāʔ	حِدْآن‎; حِدَأ‎; حِدَاء ḥidʔān‎; ḥidaʔ‎; ḥidāʔ
Nominative	حِدْآنٌ‎; حِدَأٌ‎; حِدَاءٌ ḥidʔānun‎; ḥidaʔun‎; ḥidāʔun	الْحِدْآنُ‎; الْحِدَأُ‎; الْحِدَاءُ al-ḥidʔānu‎; al-ḥidaʔu‎; al-ḥidāʔu	حِدْآنُ‎; حِدَأُ‎; حِدَاءُ ḥidʔānu‎; ḥidaʔu‎; ḥidāʔu
Accusative	حِدْآنًا‎; حِدَأً‎; حِدَاءً ḥidʔānan‎; ḥidaʔan‎; ḥidāʔan	الْحِدْآنَ‎; الْحِدَأَ‎; الْحِدَاءَ al-ḥidʔāna‎; al-ḥidaʔa‎; al-ḥidāʔa	حِدْآنَ‎; حِدَأَ‎; حِدَاءَ ḥidʔāna‎; ḥidaʔa‎; ḥidāʔa
Genitive	حِدْآنٍ‎; حِدَأٍ‎; حِدَاءٍ ḥidʔānin‎; ḥidaʔin‎; ḥidāʔin	الْحِدْآنِ‎; الْحِدَأِ‎; الْحِدَاءِ al-ḥidʔāni‎; al-ḥidaʔi‎; al-ḥidāʔi	حِدْآنِ‎; حِدَأِ‎; حِدَاءِ ḥidʔāni‎; ḥidaʔi‎; ḥidāʔi

References

• “hwdy²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “dyyh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “dywy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 333a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 299a
• Levy, Jacob (1867) “דַּיְתָא”, in Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Targumim und einen großen Theil des rabbinischen Schriftthums‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, page 169
• Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 91–92 Nr. 64

Etymology 2

From when the kite opens it wings, it looks like an axe.

Noun

حَدَأَة • (ḥadaʔa) f (plural حِدَاء (ḥidāʔ) or حَدَأ (ḥadaʔ))

1. pickaxe

   Synonym: مِعْوَل (miʕwal)

2. double-headed axe

Declension

Declension of noun حَدَأَة (ḥadaʔa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَدَأَة ḥadaʔa	الْحَدَأَة al-ḥadaʔa	حَدَأَة ḥadaʔat
Nominative	حَدَأَةٌ ḥadaʔatun	الْحَدَأَةُ al-ḥadaʔatu	حَدَأَةُ ḥadaʔatu
Accusative	حَدَأَةً ḥadaʔatan	الْحَدَأَةَ al-ḥadaʔata	حَدَأَةَ ḥadaʔata
Genitive	حَدَأَةٍ ḥadaʔatin	الْحَدَأَةِ al-ḥadaʔati	حَدَأَةِ ḥadaʔati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَدَأَتَيْن ḥadaʔatayn	الْحَدَأَتَيْن al-ḥadaʔatayn	حَدَأَتَيْ ḥadaʔatay
Nominative	حَدَأَتَانِ ḥadaʔatāni	الْحَدَأَتَانِ al-ḥadaʔatāni	حَدَأَتَا ḥadaʔatā
Accusative	حَدَأَتَيْنِ ḥadaʔatayni	الْحَدَأَتَيْنِ al-ḥadaʔatayni	حَدَأَتَيْ ḥadaʔatay
Genitive	حَدَأَتَيْنِ ḥadaʔatayni	الْحَدَأَتَيْنِ al-ḥadaʔatayni	حَدَأَتَيْ ḥadaʔatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِدَاء‎; حَدَأ ḥidāʔ‎; ḥadaʔ	الْحِدَاء‎; الْحَدَأ al-ḥidāʔ‎; al-ḥadaʔ	حِدَاء‎; حَدَأ ḥidāʔ‎; ḥadaʔ
Nominative	حِدَاءٌ‎; حَدَأٌ ḥidāʔun‎; ḥadaʔun	الْحِدَاءُ‎; الْحَدَأُ al-ḥidāʔu‎; al-ḥadaʔu	حِدَاءُ‎; حَدَأُ ḥidāʔu‎; ḥadaʔu
Accusative	حِدَاءً‎; حَدَأً ḥidāʔan‎; ḥadaʔan	الْحِدَاءَ‎; الْحَدَأَ al-ḥidāʔa‎; al-ḥadaʔa	حِدَاءَ‎; حَدَأَ ḥidāʔa‎; ḥadaʔa
Genitive	حِدَاءٍ‎; حَدَأٍ ḥidāʔin‎; ḥadaʔin	الْحِدَاءِ‎; الْحَدَأِ al-ḥidāʔi‎; al-ḥadaʔi	حِدَاءِ‎; حَدَأِ ḥidāʔi‎; ḥadaʔi