הגדה

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
נ־ג־ד‎ (n-g-d)

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

Noun

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

  1. a telling; a story told to someone else
  2. (Judaism) Haggadah (text recited at Passover)

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 (text recited at Passover)
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