דודא

Hebrew

Root
ד־ו־ד (d-w-d)
3 terms

Etymology

Compare Old Armenian դդում (ddum, “gourd”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

דּוּדָא • (dúda) m (plural indefinite דּוּדָאִים, singular construct דּוּדָא־, plural construct דּוּדָאֵי־)

mandrake (plant of the genus Mandragora)
(especially in the plural) mandrake (flower or fruit of the mandrake plant)
- Tanach, Genesis 30:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיֵּלֶךְ רְאוּבֵן בִּ ימֵי קְצִיר־חִטִּים וַיִּמְצָא דוּדָאִים בַּ שָּׂדֶה וַיָּבֵא אֹתָם אֶל־לֵאָה אִמּוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר רָחֵל אֶל־לֵאָה תְּנִי־נָא לִי מִדּוּדָאֵי בְּנֵךְ׃
  vayélech r'uvén biméy qtzir-ḥitím vayimtzá duda'ím basadé vayavé 'otám 'el-le'á 'imó vatómer raḥél 'el-le'á tni-ná lí miduda'éi bnéch.
  wayyḗleḵ rəʾūḇēn bīmē qəṣīr-ḥiṭṭīm wayyimṣā ḏūḏāʾīm baśśāḏe wayyāḇē ʾōṯām ʾel-lēʾā ʾimmō wattṓmer rāḥēl ʾel-lēʾā tənī-nā lī middūḏāʾē bənēḵ.
  And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah: ‘Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.’

Declension

Declension of **דּוּדָא**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	דּוּדָא	first	דּוּדָאִי		דּוּדָאֵנוּ
	definite	הַדּוּדָא	second	דּוּדָאֲךָ	דּוּדָאֵךְ	דּוּדָאֲכֶם	דּוּדָאֲכֶן
	construct	דּוּדָא־	third	דּוּדָאוֹ	דּוּדָאָהּ	דּוּדָאָם	דּוּדָאָן
plural	indefinite	דּוּדָאִים	first	דודאיי / דּוּדָאַי		דּוּדָאֵינוּ
	definite	הַדּוּדָאִים	second	דּוּדָאֶיךָ	דודאייך / דּוּדָאַיִךְ	דּוּדָאֵיכֶם	דּוּדָאֵיכֶן
	construct	דּוּדָאֵי־	third	דּוּדָאָיו	דּוּדָאֶיהָ	דּוּדָאֵיהֶם	דּוּדָאֵיהֶן

References

“דודא” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
"דודא" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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