amid
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Middle English amidde, Old English on middan,[1] a- + mid.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
amid
- In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
- 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:
- At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.
- 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 141:
- The resulting social divisions can seem so "real" and "natural" to those living amid them that there is a strong tendency to believe that they are timeless biological or scientific facts, rather than social facts that have been assembled and built up through human effort.
- 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman[2]:
- Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.
- 2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC[3]:
- In Osaka, the big action scenes take place with arrows as well as swords, amid glass display cases holding samurai costumes, a classic Wick setting.
Translations edit
surrounded by
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “amid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
amid (plural amids)
Anagrams edit
Amis edit
Noun edit
amid
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
ami (“what”) + -d (possessive suffix)
Pronoun edit
amid
- second-person singular single-possession possessive of ami
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | amid | — |
accusative | amidet | — |
dative | amidnek | — |
instrumental | amiddel | — |
causal-final | amidért | — |
translative | amiddé | — |
terminative | amidig | — |
essive-formal | amidként | — |
essive-modal | amidül | — |
inessive | amidben | — |
superessive | amiden | — |
adessive | amidnél | — |
illative | amidbe | — |
sublative | amidre | — |
allative | amidhez | — |
elative | amidből | — |
delative | amidről | — |
ablative | amidtől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
amidé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
amidéi | — |
Etymology 2 edit
From German Ammonie (“Am(monie)”) + -id (“-ide”, suffix referring to a chemical compound).[1]
Noun edit
amid (plural amidok)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | amid | amidok |
accusative | amidot | amidokat |
dative | amidnak | amidoknak |
instrumental | amiddal | amidokkal |
causal-final | amidért | amidokért |
translative | amiddá | amidokká |
terminative | amidig | amidokig |
essive-formal | amidként | amidokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | amidban | amidokban |
superessive | amidon | amidokon |
adessive | amidnál | amidoknál |
illative | amidba | amidokba |
sublative | amidra | amidokra |
allative | amidhoz | amidokhoz |
elative | amidból | amidokból |
delative | amidról | amidokról |
ablative | amidtól | amidoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
amidé | amidoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
amidéi | amidokéi |
Possessive forms of amid | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | amidom | amidjaim |
2nd person sing. | amidod | amidjaid |
3rd person sing. | amidja | amidjai |
1st person plural | amidunk | amidjaink |
2nd person plural | amidotok | amidjaitok |
3rd person plural | amidjuk | amidjaik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From the shortening of ammoniakk + -id.
Noun edit
amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid or amider, definite plural amida or amidene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “amid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From the shortening of ammoniakk + -id.
Noun edit
amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid, definite plural amida)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “amid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; ultimately from New Latin am(mōniacum) + -id.[1][2] First attested in the 19th century.[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amid m inan
- (organic chemistry) amide
- amid kwasu ― acid amide
- grupa amidów ― amide group
- zawierać amid ― to contain amide
Declension edit
Declension of amid
Derived terms edit
adjectives
nouns
References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “amid”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
Further reading edit
- amid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
amid m (plural amidau)
Derived terms edit
- -amid (suffix denoting a specific amide)
Related terms edit
- amin (“amine”)