perfid
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French perfide (“perfidious”), from Latin perfidus (“faitheless”).
Adjective edit
perfid
- vicious, spiteful, malicious, sadistic, low-minded; snide, insinuating (in one's utterance about a person or matter)
- Hun skrev en perfid artikel om borgmesterens privatliv.
- She wrote a malicious article about the mayor's private life.
- Han blev perfid og sarkastisk, når han var i dårligt humør.
- He became viciously spiteful and sarcastic when he was in a bad mood.
- (mostly older language) perfidious, manipulative
- Det var en perfid og løgnagtig påstand.
- It was a perfidious and mendacious claim.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of perfid | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | perfid | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | perfidt | — | —2 |
| Plural | perfide | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | perfide | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Synonyms edit
- ondskabsfuld, nederdrægtig, led, nedrig, nedladende; bagtalende, fornærmende, injurierende
- troløs, falsk; vildledende, manipulerende, fordrejende, forvrænget, lumsk
Related terms edit
References edit
- “perfid” in Den Danske Ordbog
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Viennese German perfid, from French perfide (“perfidious”), from Latin perfidus (“faitheless”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
perfid (comparative perfidebb, superlative legperfidebb)
- (archaic) perfidious
- Synonym: hitszegő
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | perfid | perfidek |
| accusative | perfidet | perfideket |
| dative | perfidnek | perfideknek |
| instrumental | perfiddel | perfidekkel |
| causal-final | perfidért | perfidekért |
| translative | perfiddé | perfidekké |
| terminative | perfidig | perfidekig |
| essive-formal | perfidként | perfidekként |
| essive-modal | perfidül | — |
| inessive | perfidben | perfidekben |
| superessive | perfiden | perfideken |
| adessive | perfidnél | perfideknél |
| illative | perfidbe | perfidekbe |
| sublative | perfidre | perfidekre |
| allative | perfidhez | perfidekhez |
| elative | perfidből | perfidekből |
| delative | perfidről | perfidekről |
| ablative | perfidtől | perfidektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
perfidé | perfideké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
perfidéi | perfidekéi |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- perfid in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
perfid m or n (feminine singular perfidă, masculine plural perfizi, feminine and neuter plural perfide)
Declension edit
Declension of perfid
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | perfid | perfidă | perfizi | perfide | ||
| definite | perfidul | perfida | perfizii | perfidele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | perfid | perfide | perfizi | perfide | ||
| definite | perfidului | perfidei | perfizilor | perfidelor | |||
Further reading edit
- perfid in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)