يَد

يَد in English

Noun · feminine

1. an appendage of a body (as of an animal)
   1. a foreleg literary
   2. the upper limb, the arm obsolete
   3. a wing literary
   4. the covering of the arm, the arm of a garment, the sleeve
   5. pestle for a mortar (this is the normal term for it in Arabic)
   6. tiller of a rudder
   7. armrest of an armchair
   8. handle of an axe or hatchet
   9. handle of a quernstone
   10. tip of an archery bow
2. the part of the upper limb between the wrist and the fingertips, the terminal portion of the arm, the hand
   1. the capacity to handle a thing, ability, power, kingship, ownership, help, grip, control, hand, dexterity, métier and so on
3. a unit of measure
   1. flock of sheep Morocco, al-Andalus
   2. a portion of a meadow snithen by two to three grasscutters or harvestmen in a row Morocco, al-Andalus
   3. a vine row of 30, 40 or 60 cubits depending on the terrain worked by four vignerons one after the other Morocco, al-Andalus
   4. a quire of paper Morocco, al-Andalus

Word origin

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

Words from the root ي-د-ي

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يَد in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text