يد

See also: ید

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jad/

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Noun

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.

   li-l-ʔuḵṭubūṭi 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^[1], 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^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 849a

   4. a quire of paper

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

Declension

Declension of noun يَد (yad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَد yad	الْيَد al-yad	يَد yad
Nominative	يَدٌ yadun	الْيَدُ al-yadu	يَدُ yadu
Accusative	يَدًا yadan	الْيَدَ al-yada	يَدَ yada
Genitive	يَدٍ yadin	الْيَدِ al-yadi	يَدِ yadi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَدَيْن yadayn	الْيَدَيْن al-yadayn	يَدَيْ yaday
Nominative	يَدَانِ yadāni	الْيَدَانِ al-yadāni	يَدَا yadā
Accusative	يَدَيْنِ yadayni	الْيَدَيْنِ al-yadayni	يَدَيْ yaday
Genitive	يَدَيْنِ yadayni	الْيَدَيْنِ al-yadayni	يَدَيْ yaday
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـٍ (-in)‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَيْدِي‎; أَيَادِي ʔaydī‎; ʔayādī	الْأَيْدِي‎; الْأَيَادِي al-ʔaydī‎; al-ʔayādī	أَيْدِي‎; أَيَادِي ʔaydī‎; ʔayādī
Nominative	أَيْدٍ‎; أَيَادٍ ʔaydin‎; ʔayādin	الْأَيْدِي‎; الْأَيَادِي al-ʔaydī‎; al-ʔayādī	أَيْدِي‎; أَيَادِي ʔaydī‎; ʔayādī
Accusative	أَيْدِيًا‎; أَيَادِيَ ʔaydiyan‎; ʔayādiya	الْأَيْدِيَ‎; الْأَيَادِيَ al-ʔaydiya‎; al-ʔayādiya	أَيْدِيَ‎; أَيَادِيَ ʔaydiya‎; ʔayādiya
Genitive	أَيْدٍ‎; أَيَادٍ ʔaydin‎; ʔayādin	الْأَيْدِي‎; الْأَيَادِي al-ʔaydī‎; al-ʔayādī	أَيْدِي‎; أَيَادِي ʔaydī‎; ʔayādī

Related terms

• 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)

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: ايد (īd)
• Gulf Arabic: ايد (īd)
• Maltese: id, jedd
• Moroccan Arabic: يد (yadd, yidd), ايد (ʔīd)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “يد”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[3] (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^[4] (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^[5] (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^[6], number 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

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ي د ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic يَد (yad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jadd/, [jad]

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) hand

   يَدِّي تِحُكَّنِي ― yaddi tiḥukkani ― My hand is itching

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• ايد (ʔīd)

Etymology

From Arabic يَد (yad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jadː/, /jidː/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. (anatomy) hand