דעה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־ד־ע (y-d-ʿ)
21 terms

Formed as יְדֵעָה* with the first syllable being erased. Compare לידה / לֵדָה (ledá, “birth”), which underwent the same change.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /deˈ(ʔ)a/

• Audio:

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Noun

דֵּעָה • (de'á) f (plural indefinite דֵּעוֹת, singular construct דַּעַת־, plural construct דֵּעוֹת־) [pattern: קְטֵלָה]

1. opinion, point of view
2. knowledge

Declension

Declension of דֵּעָה

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	דֵּעָה	first	דַּעֲתִי		דַּעֲתֵנוּ
	definite	הַדֵּעָה	second	דַּעֲתְךָ	דַּעֲתֵךְ	דַּעַתְכֶם	דַּעַתְכֶן
	construct	דַּעַת־	third	דַּעֲתוֹ	דַּעֲתָהּ	דַּעֲתָם	דַּעֲתָן
plural	indefinite	דֵּעוֹת	first	דעותיי / דֵּעוֹתַי		דֵּעוֹתֵינוּ
	definite	הַדֵּעוֹת	second	דֵּעוֹתֶיךָ	דעותייך / דֵּעוֹתַיִךְ	דֵּעוֹתֵיכֶם	דֵּעוֹתֵיכֶן
	construct	דֵּעוֹת־	third	דֵּעוֹתָיו	דֵּעוֹתֶיהָ	דֵּעוֹתָם	דֵּעוֹתָן

Derived terms

• דֵּעָה קְדוּמָה (de'á kdumá)
• לְדַעַת־ (l'dá'at, “according to the opinion of”)
• לפי דעתי (l'fí da'atí, “in my opinion”)

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• דייע (deye) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew דֵּעָה.

Noun

דעה • (deye) f, plural דעות (deyes)

1. opinion, knowledge, influence