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yod

(jʊd) or

yodh

n
(Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the tenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet (י), transliterated as y
[C18: from Hebrew, literally: hand]
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yod

or yodh

(yʊd; Heb. yɔd)

n.
the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
[1725–35; < Hebrew yōdh, akin to yādh hand]
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Translations

yod

[jɒd] Nyod f
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Another ample study in this section is dedicated to the glide shifts depicted by the interchange of the letters Aleph and Yod, Aleph and Waw, and Yod and Waw.
If MYP fails to meet the guarantee, then SVG shall forfeit back to the company the YOD common stock it received, on a pro-rata basis.
For Pibor state which combines Murle, Anyuak and Jie tribes, eleven counties have been established which include: Tiernam county to be headquartered in Okwiny Wing, Adongo East county -- Pochalla; Adong West county -- Pogilo Oluoch; Nyikani county -- Omila; Lokwangole county -- Lokwangole; Gogolthin county -- Pibor; Gumuruk county -- Vuver; Vertet county -- Limar; Maruwo county -- Nyareng-Ngodo; Buma county -- Itti and longochar county -- Yod.
(13) bod kyi chab srid 'dzin skyong bya phyogs ni bdag cag gi ston pa thugs rje can gyis legs par gsungs pa'i dam pa'i chos kyi dgongs don drang bden dang/ 'dra mnyam/ dmangs gtso bcas kyi gzhi rtsa'i bus shugs je che je cher gtong rgyu'i blo 'dod dngons yod de don nges par dgos pa yin/ (bod kyi rtsa khrims 9-10)
Young-onset dementia (YOD) is a type of dementia that affects people before age 65.
It is hard not to be impressed by Fried's analysis of phonemic effects, even when it founders a bit, as when he confuses orthography and pronunciation, calling the yod in the verb se tortiller an l (28) and failing to make a distinction between the consonant n and the nasal vowel created by an n, counting six ns in the sentence "Emma se releva comme un cadavre que l'on galvanise, les cheveux denoues, la prunelle fixe, beante" when in fact there are only three (51).
Onset of dementia before 65 years of age is termed as young-onset dementia (YOD).
There is also the excellent Ty Hapus in Barry, set up by Justine Pickering MBE when her mum was diagnosed with this dreadful disease, and an on-going project to set up a seven-bed YOD ward in Barry hospital, but there is no respite or continuing care facility anywhere else within the Vale that is age appropriate.
Paradigms and transderivational constraints: Stress and yod in Modern Greek.