maid
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English mæġden (Old English mǣden). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl, virgin”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maid (plural maids)
- (dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […] ; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
- (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- You are betrothed both to a maid and man.
Usage notes edit
Maid, in the sense of a girl or unmarried woman, is often used in the common (species) names of flowering plants.
Synonyms edit
- (young female person): damsel, maiden
- (female servant): ancilla, handmaiden, lady-in-waiting, maiden, maidservant, servingmaid, servingwoman, womanservant
- (female cleaner): chambermaid (in a hotel), charlady (in a house), charwoman (in a house), cleaning lady (in a house), cleaneress (rare term)
Derived terms edit
- bang maid
- barmaid
- best maid
- bondmaid
- bridemaid
- bridesmaid
- bride's maid
- chambermaid
- cookmaid
- dairymaid
- doormaid
- dwarfmaid
- elfmaid
- elle-maid
- evil maid attack
- fairmaid
- fancy maid
- French maid
- groomsmaid
- handmaid
- house-maid
- house maid
- housemaid
- kennelmaid
- kennel maid
- kitchenmaid
- lady's maid
- laundrymaid
- maid cafe
- maid café
- maid-child
- maid child
- maidhood
- maidie
- maid-in-waiting
- maidish
- maidkin
- maidless
- maidlike
- maidling
- maidly
- maidmarian
- maid-of-all-work
- maid of honor
- maid of honour
- maid of Kent
- maid-servant
- maidservant
- maid's hair
- maidy
- mermaid
- meter maid
- milkmaid
- nursemaid
- nurserymaid
- old maid
- Old Maid
- old-maidish
- old-maidism
- pantrymaid
- parlormaid
- parlor maid
- parlourmaid
- schoolmaid
- scullery-maid
- scullery maid
- seamaid
- servingmaid
- shieldmaid
- shopmaid
- submaid
- tablemaid
- undermaid
- waiting maid
- wardsmaid
- washmaid
Translations edit
young female
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female servant or cleaner
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Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English maid, Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of maiden. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“maid, virgin”).
Noun edit
maid
- a female servant or cleaner; a maidservant, a housemaid
Synonyms edit
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
maid
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
maid
Ludian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *maito, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *majδ̕ɜ. Cognates include Finnish maito.
Noun edit
maid
Northern Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb edit
maid
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun edit
maid
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
·maid
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of maidid
Adjective edit
maid
- Alternative form of maith (“good”)
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| maid also mmaid after a proclitic |
maid pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *maito, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *majδ̕ɜ. Cognates include Finnish maito.
Noun edit
maid
Inflection edit
| Inflection of maid (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | maid | ||
| genitive sing. | maidon | ||
| partitive sing. | maidod | ||
| partitive plur. | maidoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maid | maidod | |
| accusative | maidon | maidod | |
| genitive | maidon | maidoiden | |
| partitive | maidod | maidoid | |
| essive-instructive | maidon | maidoin | |
| translative | maidoks | maidoikš | |
| inessive | maidos | maidoiš | |
| elative | maidospäi | maidoišpäi | |
| illative | maidoho | maidoihe | |
| adessive | maidol | maidoil | |
| ablative | maidolpäi | maidoilpäi | |
| allative | maidole | maidoile | |
| abessive | maidota | maidoita | |
| comitative | maidonke | maidoidenke | |
| prolative | maidodme | maidoidme | |
| approximative I | maidonno | maidoidenno | |
| approximative II | maidonnoks | maidoidennoks | |
| egressive | maidonnopäi | maidoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | maidohosai | maidoihesai | |
| terminative II | maidolesai | maidoilesai | |
| terminative III | maidossai | — | |
| additive I | maidohopäi | maidoihepäi | |
| additive II | maidolepäi | maidoilepäi | |