caid

See also: caïd and caíd

English

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَائِد‎ (qāʾid, “leader”). Compare alcaide.

Alternative forms

• kaid
• qaid

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːˈiːd/

Noun

caid (plural caids)

1. (historical) A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
   • 1990, Abdelali Doumou, The Moroccan State in Historical Perspective, 1850-1985, CODESRIA, page 43,

     Having taken over the land, the caids procured labour for themselves by conscripting people for forced farm work, calling the practice a form of Touiza, which was a centuries-old practice of mutual help in the rural areas.

   • 2002, Ethnology, Volume 41, University of Pittsburgh, page 115,

     This results in frequent and severe conflicts which, if the provincial governor and the caid are unable to resolve them, are taken to the Ministry of the Interior in Rabat.

     The office of caid can be considered an extension of the province head.

   • 2005, Benjamin Claude Brower, A Desert Named Peace: Violence and Empire in the Algerian Sahara, 1844-1902, Volume 1, Cornell University, page 155,

     Most of the process was in the hands of the caids who drew up first estimates of the taxable wealth. Then the local head of the Bureau Arab looked over these figures for the final fiscal census. This gave the caid much power.

Translations

local governor or leader

• French: caïd (fr) m

• Spanish: caíd (es) m

Etymology 2

From Irish caid (“stuffed ball; football”).

Noun

caid (uncountable)

1. Any of various ancient and traditional Irish football games.
2. (Ireland) Modern Gaelic football.

Anagrams

• -adic, ACID, Daic, acid, adic, cadi

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Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

caid f (genitive singular caide, nominative plural caideanna)

1. ashlar, stone
2. (anatomy) testicle

Synonyms

• (ashlar): eisléir
• (testicle): cloch, magairle, úirí

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

caid f (genitive singular caide, nominative plural caideanna)

1. stuffed ball
   1. football, soccer ball
   2. rugby ball
2. (uncountable) football, soccer (game); Gaelic football (game)

Synonyms

• (football (ball)): liathróid
• (football, soccer (ball or game)): peil
• (rugby ball): liathróid rugbaí
• (Gaelic football): peil Ghaelach

Declension

Declension of caid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative caid caideanna Vocative a chaid a chaideanna Genitive caide caideanna Dative caid caideanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chaid na caideanna Genitive na caide na gcaideanna Dative leis an gcaid don chaid leis na caideanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caid	chaid	gcaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "caid" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.