fid
English
editEtymology
editOrigin unknown.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /fɪd/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪd
Noun
editfid (plural fids)
- (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
- (nautical) A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship).
- A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun.
- 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 […]
- A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.
- (nautical, slang) The penis.
Verb
editfid (third-person singular simple present fids, present participle fidding, simple past and past participle fidded)
- To support a topmast using a fid.
Anagrams
editOld Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *widus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfid m
Declension
editMasculine u-stem | |||
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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:
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Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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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
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Volapük
editNoun
editfid (nominative plural fids)
Declension
editdeclension of fid
Derived terms
edit- 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
editVerb
editfid
- Soft mutation of bid.
Mutation
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