لدى

See also: لدي

Arabic

Etymology

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.

Preposition

لَدَى • (ladā)

1. at, near
2. on, upon (something occurring or someone doing something)
3. with

Inflection

Inflected forms

base form					لَدَى (ladā)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		dual	plural
	m	f		m	f
1st person	لَدَيَّ (ladayya)		لَدَيْنَا (ladaynā)
2nd person	لَدَيْكَ (ladayka)	لَدَيْكِ (ladayki)	لَدَيْكُمَا (ladaykumā)	لَدَيْكُمْ (ladaykum)	لَدَيْكُنَّ (ladaykunna)
3rd person	لَدَيْهِ (ladayhi)	لَدَيْهَا (ladayhā)	لَدَيْهِمَا (ladayhimā)	لَدَيْهِمْ (ladayhim)	لَدَيْهِنَّ (ladayhinna)

Synonyms

• عِنْدَ (ʕinda)