יְחִידָאָה

1) lonely; only one. Targ. Ps. 25:16 (ed. Lag. יְחִידָאִי).Targ. Y. Deut. 32:50 (ed. Amst. דָאֵי … incorr.). Targ. Job 14:4 Ms. (ed. חד). 2) single authority, opinion of one. Pes.103b לא יחידאה אנא (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) I do not report the opinion of one man. Y.Ter.VI, beg.44a אתיא די׳ דהכא כסתמא דתמןוכ׳ the opinion of the single authority here agrees with the anonymous (editorially adopted) one there ; Y.Ned.VII, beg.40b. Y.Sabb.III, 6a bot. לית אנן … לי׳ we need not consider the opinion of a single authority; a. fr.Pl. יְחִידָאִין, יְחִידָאֵי, יְחִידָיִין. Targ. Y. Gen. 22:10 (v. יָחִיד 2).B. Kam.81b bot. בי׳ לא אמרינן we do not speak of single authorities. Y. Ḥag.II, 77b top י׳ single-handed, each for himself, v. טְעַן II.