רִדְיָא, רִדְיָיא, רִי׳ m. (preced.) 1) ploughing, ploughing season. Targ. Y. I Ex. XXXIV, 21 (ed. Vien. בְּרִידַיָּא; Y. II בִּירִידָא). Ib. XXI, 37 רַדְיֵה (some ed. דידיה, read רִידְיֵה or רַדְיֵיה).—B. Kam. 46ᵃ אי גברא דזבין לר׳ וכ׳ whether he is a man that sells cattle for ploughing or for slaughtering; ib. אי דמי ר׳ לר׳ if the price of a working beast was paid, it was sold for work; B. Bath. 92ᵃ, v. נִכְסָא. Ib. 92ᵇ; a. e.—Ib. 12ᵃ רָדֵי יומא, v. רָדוּ. —2) Ridya, name of the angel of rain. Taan. 25ᵇ לדידי חזי לי האי רי׳ וכ׳ I saw Ridya, he looks like a calf &c. Yoma 21ᵃ top אף ר׳ also the voice of Ridya (v. Ps. XLII, 8).