הגדה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ג־ד (n-g-d)

A deverbal noun from הִגִּיד (higíd, “tell, say”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

הַגָּדָה • (hagadá) f (plural indefinite הַגָּדוֹת, singular construct הַגָּדַת־) [pattern: הַקְטָלָה]

1. a telling; a story told to someone else
2. (Judaism) Haggadah (the text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: אַגָּדְתָא (ʾaggāḏ'ṯā)
• → English: Haggadah
• → Yiddish: הגדה (hagode)

References

• “הגדה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew הַגָּדָה.

Noun

הגדה • (hagode) f, plural הגדות (hagodes)

1. (Judaism) Haggadah (the text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus)