הגדה

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

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

1. a telling; a story told to someone else
2. (Judaism) Haggadah (the text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus)

• → Aramaic: אַגָּדְתָא (ʾaggāḏ'ṯā)
• → English: Haggadah
• → Yiddish: הגדה (hagode)

• “הגדה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

From Hebrew הַגָּדָה.

הגדה • (hagode) f, plural הגדות (hagodes)

1. (Judaism) Haggadah (the text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus)