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rdy, rdyˀ (rḏē, reḏyā) n.m. flow, flux
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flux, flow, fluid
Syr, LJLA
JEhCh 139a:19 ܐܝܟ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܐ ܕܘ̈ܒܐ ܘܪ̈ܕܝܐ ܕܗܝ̈ܢܐ ܘܪ̈ܛܝܒܐ‏ : like other resins and viscous and moist fluxes ; TgProv5:15↗ אשתי מיא מן גובך ורדיא מן גו בירך‏ : drink the water from your cistern and the flow from out of your well
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of troubled bodily fluids
Syr
TDN.56:9↗ ܡܕܟܝܢܐ ܕܓܪ̈ܒܐ܂ ܡܚܠܡܢܐ ܕܪ̈ܕܝܐ ܗܘܠ̈ܢܝܐ܂ ܐܣܝܐ ܕܕܘ̈ܓܐ‏ : purifier of the lepers, healer of those with material fluxes, physician of the deaf ; HippAp 6(22)↗ ܪܕܝܐ ܕܟܪܣܐ‏ : loose bowels ; P Lv26:16↗ ܪܕܝܐ ܕܡܓܡܪ ܥܝ̈ܢܐ‏ : a flux that destroys the eyes
2
course, movement
Syr
ES3 349:25 ܩܠܝܠ ܘܙܥܘܪ ܙܒܢܐ ܕܪܲܕܝܲܢ ܒܥܠܡܐ ܗܢܐ‏ : quick and short is the time of our travel in this world
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(astron.) ܪܸܕܝܵܐ ܡܲܘܙܠܵܢܵܝܵܐ : heavenly course
Syr
BhChr 28:10 ܢܛܝܪܘܬܐ ܘܕܘ̈ܩܐ ܕܪ̈ܕܝܐ ܡܘܙܠܬܢܝ̈ܐ‏ : close observations of the celestial courses
3
a mythological beast connected with water flows
JBA
BT Tan 25b(38)↗ האי ריד̇י̇א דאמי לעיגלא תילתא‏ : this r' is like a three-year old calf
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Syr. pl. ܪܸ̈ܕܝܸܐ‏ and ܪ̈ܵܕܲܝܵܐ‏
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The mythological beast of JBA is so interpreted by Rashi and others, however it has recently been argued that it is probably a misunderstood Iranian name inasmuch as so many of these talmudic stories have an Iranian background: see Reuven Kiperwasser and Dan D. Y. Shapira, "Irano-Talmudica I: The Three-legged Ass and RIDY in B. Ta‘anith: Some Observations About Mythic Hydrology in the Babylonian Talmud and in Ancient Iran", AJS Review 32(2008): 101ff.

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