laid

See also: läid

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Verb

laid

1. simple past tense and past participle of lay

Derived terms

• get laid
• laid rope

Adjective

laid (not comparable)

1. (of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

Derived terms

• creamlaid
• well-laid

Translations

of paper: ribbed with wires

• French: vergé (fr)

• Russian: линованная (ru) f (linovannaja), разлинованная (ru) f (razlinovannaja)

Anagrams

• Dail, Dali, Dalí, Dial, dali, dial, dial.

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Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *laidō. Compare Old Norse leið. Cognate to Finnish laita.

Noun

laid (genitive laia, partitive laida)

1. width (of cloth)
2. plank on the side of a boat.
3. side of a boat.
4. board, starboard

Declension

Declension of laid (type leib)

	singular	plural
nominative	laid	laiad
genitive	laia	laidade
partitive	laida	laidu / laidasid
illative	laida / laiasse	laidadesse / laiusse
inessive	laias	laidades
elative	laiast	laidadest
allative	laiale	laidadele
adessive	laial	laidadel
ablative	laialt	laidadelt
translative	laiaks	laidadeks
terminative	laiani	laidadeni
essive	laiana	laidadena
abessive	laiata	laidadeta
comitative	laiaga	laidadega

Declension of laid (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	laid	laiud
genitive	laiu	laidude
partitive	laidu	laide / laidusid
illative	laidu / laiusse	laidudesse / laiesse
inessive	laius	laidudes / laies
elative	laiust	laidudest / laiest
allative	laiule	laidudele / laiele
adessive	laiul	laidudel / laiel
ablative	laiult	laidudelt / laielt
translative	laiuks	laidudeks / laieks
terminative	laiuni	laidudeni
essive	laiuna	laidudena
abessive	laiuta	laidudeta
comitative	laiuga	laidudega

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Baltic *slaid-. Compare Lithuanian šlaitas (“hillside”). Cognate to Finnish laito. Alternatively from Proto-Germanic *laidō.

Noun

laid (genitive laiu, partitive laidu)

1. islet, holm

Declension

Declension of laid (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	laid	laiud
genitive	laiu	laidude
partitive	laidu	laide / laidusid
illative	laidu / laiusse	laidudesse / laiesse
inessive	laius	laidudes / laies
elative	laiust	laidudest / laiest
allative	laiule	laidudele / laiele
adessive	laiul	laidudel / laiel
ablative	laiult	laidudelt / laielt
translative	laiuks	laidudeks / laieks
terminative	laiuni	laidudeni
essive	laiuna	laidudena
abessive	laiuta	laidudeta
comitative	laiuga	laidudega

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French

Etymology

From Middle French laid (“hideous, ugly”), from Old French laid, leid (“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), from Vulgar Latin *laitus (“unpleasant, ugly”), from Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, obstinate, odious”), from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“sorrowful, unpleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“unpleasant”). Akin to Old High German leid (“unpleasant, odious”) (German leid (“unfortunate”), Leid (“grief”)), Old Norse leiþr (“odious”), Old English lāþ (“unpleasant, odious”), Catalan lleig (“ugly”), Occitan lag (“ugly”). More at loath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ/

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• Homophones: lai, laids, lais, lait, laits (general), legs (dated)

Adjective

laid (feminine laide, masculine plural laids, feminine plural laides)

1. physically ugly

   Synonyms: moche, vilain

2. morally corrupt

Derived terms

• jolie laide
• laid comme les sept péchés capitaux
• laid comme un pou

Further reading

• “laid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French lait (feminine laide).

Adjective

laid m (feminine singular laide, masculine plural laids, feminine plural laides)

1. ugly
   • 1546, Philippe de Commine, Cronique et histoire faicte et composee par feu messire Philippe de Commines ... Contenant les choses advenues durant le regne du Roy Loys unziesme, & Charles huictiesme son filz, tant en France, Bourgongne, Flandres, Arthois, Angleterre, & Italie, que Espaigne & lieux circonuoysins, page 43

     Le Roy de Castille estoit laid, et ses habillemens desplaisans aux François, qui s'en moquerent.

     The king of Castille was ugly, and his clothing unpleasant to the French, who made fun of it.

Descendants

• French: laid

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French laid, leid (“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“sorrowful, unpleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“unpleasant”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

laid m

1. (Jersey) ugly

   Bouonne femme n'est janmais laie. ― A nice woman is never ugly.

   Janmais vaque n'a trouvé san vieau laid. ― A cow never found her calf ugly.

Derived terms

• laid coumme lé péché du Dînmanche (“ugly as sin”, literally “ugly as a Sunday sin”)
• laidi (“become ugly, turn ugly”)
• s'laidi (“get ugly, turn ugly”)
• laiduthe, laideune (“ugly character, good-for-nothing”)

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Welsh

Noun

laid

1. Soft mutation of llaid.

Mutation

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