smith

See also: Smith and smiþ

EnglishEdit

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smith

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /smɪθ/
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Rhymes: -ɪθ

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”). Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, Swedish/Norwegian smed.

NounEdit

smith (plural smiths)

A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
- 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
  The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining.
(by extension) One who makes anything; wright.
(archaic) An artist.

SynonymsEdit

metalsmith

Derived termsEdit

derived surnames

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

craftsperson who works metal — See also translations at blacksmith

Abaza: жьи (źi)
Abkhaz: ажьи (aži), ажьиҩы
Adyghe: гъукӏэ (ğʷukʼe)
Afrikaans: smid (af)
Akkadian: 𒄥𒄥 (gur-gur /qurqurru/), 𒈾𒉺𒄷 (na-pa-ḫu /nappāḫu/), 𒋼𒁉𒊒 (te-bi-ru /tebīru/) (uncommon), 𒈾𒍣𒆪 (na-si₂-ku /nāsiku/) (Emar, from West-Semitic)
Albanian: farkëtar (sq), mbathtar (sq)
Arabic: حَدَّاد‎ m (ḥaddād), قَيْن‎ m (qayn)
Moroccan Arabic: حداد‎ (ḥaddād)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܩܑܝܢܳܝܳܐ‎ (qaynāyā), ܚܵܫܘܿܠܵܐ‎ (ḥaššōlā) / ܚܵܫܘܿܠܵܝܵܐ‎ (ḥaššōlāyā) (Eastern Syriac), ܚܰܫܳܠܴܐ‎ (ḥaššālā) (Western Syriac), ܩܱܪܕܳܚܳܐ‎ (qardāḥā)

Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: absolute state קיני‎

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: קֵינָאָה‎ (qēnāʾā), absolute state קֵינָי‎ (qēnāy), חָשְׁלָא‎ (ḥašēlā)
Armenian: դարբին (hy) (darbin)
Aromanian: hirar m, favru m, favur
Assamese: কমাৰ (komar)
Avar: къебед (qxʼebed)
Azerbaijani: dəmirçi (az)
Bats: მჭედელ (mč̣edel)
Bavarian: Schmied
Belarusian: кава́ль m (kaválʹ)
Breton: gov (br) m
Bulgarian: ковач (bg) m (kovač), ковачка f (kovačka)
Catalan: ferrer (ca) m, ferrera (ca) f
Chechen: аьчкан пхьар (äčkan pḥʳar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鍛工／锻工 (zh) (duàngōng), 鐵匠／铁匠 (zh) (tiějiàng)
Chittagonian: haañr
Czech: kovář (cs) m
Dalmatian: favro m
Danish: smed (da) c
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: smid (nl) m
Esperanto: forĝisto, forĝistino (female)
Estonian: sepp
Faroese: smiður m
Finnish: seppä (fi)
French: forgeron (fr) m, forgeronne (fr) f
Friulian: fari m
Galician: ferreiro (gl) m, ferreira f
Georgian: მჭედელი (mč̣edeli)
German: Schmied (de) m, Schmiedin (de) f
Alemannic German: Schmid m (Uri), schméd m (Gressoney), schmét m (Formazza), schmid m (Issime, Carcoforo), schmìd m (Rimella)
Greek: σιδηρουργός (el) m (sidirourgós), σιδεράς (el) m (siderás)
Ancient: σιδηρουργός m (sidērourgós)
Hattic: 𒌋𒊑𒋗 (u-re-šu /ureš/)
Hebrew: נַפָּח‎ (he) m (nāpāḥ)
Hindi: लोहार (hi) m (lohār)
Hungarian: kovács (hu)
Hurrian: 𒋰𒄿𒊑 (tab-i-ri /tabali, tabiri/)
Icelandic: smiður (is) m, járnsmiður m, málmsmiður m
Ido: forjisto (io)
Igbo: please add this translation if you can
Ingush: аьшка пхьар (äška pḥʳar)
Irish: gabha m
Old Irish: gobae m
Italian: fabbro (it) m
Japanese: 鍛冶屋 (ja) (かじや, kajiya)
Kabardian: гъукӏэ (ğʷukʼe)
Kalmyk: please add this translation if you can
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: ұста (kk) (ūsta)
Kikuyu: mũturi class 1
Kumyk: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 대장장이 (ko) (daejangjang'i)
Kott: afu-het
Ladin: fever m
Latgalian: kaļvs m
Latin: faber m
Latvian: kalvis m, kalējs m
Laz: დემირჯი (demirci)
Macedonian: ковач m (kovač)
Malay: pandai (ms), tukang (ms) (both for all fields incl. gold and metal)
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maltese: ħaddied m
Mingrelian: ჭკადუ (č̣ḳadu)
Mòcheno: schmi' m
Neapolitan: ferraro
Nepali: लौहकार (lauhakār)
Ngambay: please add this translation if you can
Oromo: tumtuu
Norwegian:
Norwegian Bokmål: smed m

Norwegian Nynorsk: smed m
Occitan: fabre (oc) m, faure (oc) m
Ossetian: куырд (k°yrd)
Plautdietsch: Schmett m
Polish: kowal (pl) m
Portuguese: ferreiro (pt) m, ferreira (pt) f
Romanian: fierar (ro) m, făurar (ro) m
Russian: кузне́ц (ru) m (kuznéc)
Sardinian: frau m
Scottish Gaelic: gobha m, ceàrd m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: kòvāč (sh) m, kovàčica (sh) f
Sicilian: firraru m
Slovak: kováč (sk) m, kováčka f
Slovene: kovač (sl) m
Somali: tumaal
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kowal m

Upper Sorbian: kowar m
Spanish: forjador m, forjadora (es) f
Sumerian: 𒌣 (simug /simug/), 𒁾𒉄 (/tabira, tibira/) (or this is more properly a metalworker)
Svan: მჷშკიდ (məšḳid)
Swedish: smed (sv) c
Tamil: கொல்லன் (ta) (kollaṉ)
Tatar: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: లోహకారుడు (lōhakāruḍu)
Turkish: demirci (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎒𐎋 (nsk /nāsiku/), 𐎉𐎁𐎍 (ṭbl), 𐎈𐎗𐎌 (ḥrš /ḥarrāšu/) (or this is just a multifaceted craftsmen assembling metal parts)
Ukrainian: кова́ль (uk) m (koválʹ)
Umbundu: please add this translation if you can
Venetian: fravo m, favro m, favaro m
Volapük: smitan (vo)
Welsh: gof (cy) m
Yiddish: שמיד‎ m (shmid), קאָוואַל‎ (koval), קאָוועל‎ (kovel)
Wolof: please add this translation if you can
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
Zarma: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English smythen (“to work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); to create, work as a blacksmith”), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate”), from Proto-Germanic *smiþōną. Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden.