fid

See also: FID, Fid, and Fid.

English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪd/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪd

Noun

fid (plural fids)

A fid in use aboard the USS John C. Stennis.

1. (nautical) A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing.

   Coordinate term: marlinspike

2. (nautical) A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship).
3. A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun.
4. A small thick piece of anything.
   • 1872, The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature:

     Four — dreadfully unclad — men, carefully oiled, to protect their skin against the great heat, are moving about with long iron spoons, stirring here and mixing there, or kneading into little fids various compounds of coarse sugar and rancid butter […]

5. A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.
6. (nautical, slang) The penis.

Verb

fid (third-person singular simple present fids, present participle fidding, simple past and past participle fidded)

1. To support a topmast using a fid.

Anagrams

• DFI, DIF, FDI, IDF, dif

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *widus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸʲið]

Noun

fid m

1. tree
2. wood, timber
3. letter of an alphabet
4. vowel

Declension

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fid	fidL	fedaeH
Vocative	fid	fidL	fidu
Accusative	fidN	fidL	fidu
Genitive	fedoH, fedaH	fedoL, fedaL	fedaeN
Dative	fidL	fedaib	fedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: fiodh
• Scottish Gaelic: fiodh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fid	ḟid	fid pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Volapük

Noun

fid (nominative plural fids)

1. food

Declension

declension of fid

	singular	plural
nominative	fid	fids
genitive	fida	fidas
dative	fide	fides
accusative	fidi	fidis
vocative 1	o fid!	o fids!
predicative 2	fidu	fidus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• fidacan (“comestible”), fidacans (“comestibles”)
• fidacem (“dining room”)
• fidalecem (“dining hall, (hotel) dining room, refectory”)
• fidalöläd (“cover, place setting”)
• fidaspun (“tablespoon”)
• fidastafil (“chopstick”)
• fidasälun (“dining parlour”)
• fidatab (“dining table”)
• fided (“dinner, lunch”)
• fidedagefem (“table or dinner service”)
• fidedastömem (“dinner tableware, dishes”)
• fidedön (“to dine, have a meal”)
• fidot (“something eaten, item eaten”)
• fidovik (“edible, eatable”)
• fidäd (“meal (in general”)
• fidädakad (“menu (table d'hôte)”)
• fidön (“to eat”)
• fidüp (“mealtime”)

 

Welsh

Verb

fid

1. Soft mutation of bid.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bid	fid	mid	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.