שד

עברית

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שד¹

  • /ʃad/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ṯdʾ (“breast, pap, teat”). Cognate with Arabic ثَدْي (ṯady, “breast”) and Aramaic תַּדָּא (“breast”).

noun שָׁד · shad · שדיים · שָׁדַיִם

  1. breast

שד²

  • /ʃed/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Compare Aramaic ܫܐܕܐ (šēḏā) and Akkadian 𒀭𒆘 (šēdum, “a protective deity”), from which the former derives.

noun שֵׁד · shed · שֵׁדִים · שֵׁדָה

  1. A demon, devil, fiend, sprite, bogey, fantom, genie, ghost, phantom, poltergeist, shade, spirit.

שד³

noun שֹׁד · shod

  1. misspelling defective spelling of שוד (“robbery”)

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {שד},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%93},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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