ליד

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /leˈjad/

Etymology 1

From לְ־ (l'-, “to”) ‎ יַד־ (yád-, “hand-of-”); hence literally roughly “at the hand of”.

Preposition

לְיַד־ • (l'yád-)

1. Beside, near, by, near to, next to, adjacent to, alongside.

Inflection

Inflection table

Non-personal-pronoun-including form				לְיַד (lyáđ, “beside”)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
First person	לְיָדִי (lyåđī́, “by me”)		לְיָדֵנוּ (lyåđḗnu, “by us”)
Second person	לְיָדְךָ (lyađḵhǻ, “by you”)	לְיָדֵךְ (lyåđḗḵh, “by you”)	לְיָדְכֶם (lyåđḵhém, “near ye”)	לְיָדְכֶן (lyåđḵhén, “near ye”)
Third person	לְיָדוֹ (lyåđó, “beside him”)	לְיָדָהּ (lyåđǻh, “by her”)	לְיָדָם (lyåđǻm, “by them”)	לְיָדָן (lyåđǻn, “beside them”)

Synonyms

• עַל יַד־

Etymology 2

Either from the above, or from לְ־ (l'-, “to”) ‎ יָד (yád, “hand”); if the latter, then literally roughly “at hand”.

Prepositional phrase

לְיָד • (l'yád)

1. Near, nearby, next, adjacent, alongside.

Synonyms

• עַל יָד

Anagrams

• דלי, י־ל־ד, ילד

Knaanic

Noun

ליד (lid)

1. Alternative reading of לוד

Usage notes

Jakobson and Halle (1964) read the original manuscript as having a yod in place of the orthographically similar vav; it is disputed which the scribe intended.

References

From ben Moshe, cited in: 1987. Paul Wexler. Explorations in Judeo-Slavic Linguistics, E. J. Brill (Leiden).

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German liet, from Old High German liod (“song, lay, singing”), from Proto-West Germanic *leuþ (“song”), from Proto-Germanic *leuþą (“song”).

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /lɪd/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /liːt/

Noun

ליד • (lid) n, plural לידער (lider)

1. song
   • 1943, “Zog nit keyn mol”, Hirsh Glick (lyrics):

     דאָס ליד געשריבן איז מיט בלוט, און ניט מיט בלײַ

     dos lid geshribn iz mit blut, un nit mit blay

     This song is written with blood and not with lead

2. poem

Synonyms

• זאַנג (zang)
• שיר (shir), שירה (shire)
• זינגליד (zinglid)

Derived terms

• לידטעקסט (lidtekst)