בדי, בָּדָא, בָּדָה (b. h., √בד , v. בדד) to dig out, whence 1) (cmp. ברא) to take out (a piece of dough) and shape, to form. Men. V, 1; Sifra Emor Par. 10, ch. XIII השאור בּוֹדֶה וכ׳ he gets the leaven required for the loaves out of themselves (taking a piece of dough out of that intended for the loaves). —2) to create, invent. Ned. 10ᵃ לשון שבָּדוּ וכ׳ terms (for vows) which the Scholars have (arbitrarily) invented (as disguises). Lev. R. s. 9 לשון בָּדוּי an invented expression. Gen. R. s. 100 דברים בְּדוּיִים fictitious words. Ib. s. 48 בדויים (sub. דברים, some ed. בדאות).
Pi. - בִּידָּא, בִּידָּה 1) same. Y. Meg. I, 71ᶜ top בי׳ להן וכ׳ made up for them a false Latin translation (of the Bible) from the Greek; v. בָּרַר.—Y. Keth. II, 26ᵇ bot. מְבַדִּין היינו we have been inventing, i.e. speaking in fun; Tosef. ib. II, 1 מבודין אנו (corr. acc.; Var. בדאים). [Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵈ מבדין אתם וכ׳, prob. to be read מן הדין.] [Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵇ bot. מבדין בחדשים, v. בָּהָה.] —2) to disprove, refute. Tanḥ. Balak, 14; ed. Bub. 23 (ref. to baddim, Is. XLIV, 25) מְבַדִּין וכ׳ they frustrate their predictions.
Hithpa. - הִתְבַּדָּה to be tempted to a falsehood, turn a liar. Ber. 4ᵃ; Der. Er. Zut. ch. III train thy tongue to say, I do not know, שמא תִּתְבַּדֶּה וכ׳ lest thou be induced to tell a falsehood and be caught.