لدى

See also: لدي

Arabic

Etymology

Related to Aramaic ליד (lyd, “under control of, next to”) and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic לידי (lydy, “into one's possession, into a state of, towards”). Developed parallel with لَدُن (ladun), derived from a contraction of لَ (la, “to, for; at”) + يَدَا (yadā, “hand”); at hand. Hence rendering the sense, to be right before them, to be in their presence, immediately at their person, nearly occupying the same location, as close as one can get.

Preposition

1. at, near, on, upon, with

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					لَدَى (ladā)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	لَدَيَّ (ladayya)		لَدَيْنَا (ladaynā)
Second person	لَدَيْكَ (ladayka)	لَدَيْكِ (ladayki)	لَدَيْكُمَا (ladaykumā)	لَدَيْكُمْ (ladaykum)	لَدَيْكُنَّ (ladaykunna)
Third person	لَدَيْهِ (ladayhi)	لَدَيْهَا (ladayhā)	لَدَيْهِمَا (ladayhimā)	لَدَيْهِمْ (ladayhim)	لَدَيْهِنَّ (ladayhinna)

Synonyms

• عِنْدَ (ʕinda)