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يَد
hand /ˈjad/
nounA1#186 most common
Also: arm, forearm, power, control, authority, favor, helping hand
Example sentences
هَذِهِ يَدِي.
This is my hand.
غَسَلْتُ يَدَيَّ قَبْلَ الطَّعَامِ.
I washed my hands before the meal.
أَمْسَكَ الطِّفْلُ بِيَدِ أُمِّهِ.
The child took hold of his mother's hand.
رَفَعَ الطُّلَّابُ أَيْدِيَهُمْ لِلْإِجَابَةِ.
The students raised their hands to answer.
صَافَحَنِي بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى بِحَرَارَةٍ.
He shook my hand warmly with his right hand.
زِمَامُ الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا بِيَدِهِ، فَلَا اعْتِرَاضَ عَلَى قَرَارِهِ.
The reins of all affairs are in his hand, so there is no objecting to his decision.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | يَدٌ | أَيْدٍ |
| Genitive | يَدٍ | أَيْدٍ |
| Accusative | يَدًا | أَيْدِيَ |
| Vocative | يَا يَدُ | يَا أَيْدِي |
Word family
يَدَوِيّ (yadawī)manual, by hand
أَيْدٍ (ʾaydin)hands (plural)
أَيَادٍ (ʾayādin)favors; hands (plural of plural)
يَدًا بِيَدٍ (yadan bi-yad)hand in hand; cash down
Etymology
يَد descends from Proto-Semitic *yad-, the common Semitic word for the hand. The form stayed stable across the family, with close matches in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Ugaritic. In Arabic it kept the body-part meaning and also took on figurative senses like power and favor.
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