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”.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Either from the above, or from לְ־ (l'-, “to”) + יָד (yád-, “hand”); if the latter, then literally roughly “at hand”.
Synonyms
Knaanic
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 Old High German liod. Compare German Lied.
Pronunciation
- (Litvish, Poylish) IPA(key): [lɪd]
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