רְדִי, רְדָא III (cmp. רדי I) [to subjugate the ground; cmp. Gen. I, 28; cmp. נִיר I], to plough. Targ. Ps. CXXIX, 3 רָדוּ (ed. Lag. רָאדוּ, v. דְּאַר). Targ. Hos. X, 11. Targ. I Kings XIX, 19; a. fr.—Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵃ bot. מֵירְדֵי; Y. Snh. III, 21ᵇ top מֵרְדָה, v. הָאַסְטוּ. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top הוה קאים רָדֵי (not רדי) was ploughing; Lam. R. to I, 16 הוה קא רדי. Y. B. Mets. IX, beg. 12ᵃ לתלוש … פוק רְדִיתָהּ (not דריתה) where it is customary to pluck, and the tenant cut the grain, we say to him, go out and plough the field (for the owner); a. fr.
Ithpe. - אִתְרְדֵי to be ploughed. Targ. Am. VI, 12. Targ. Mic. III, 12; a. e.