blid

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See also: blíð

Aromanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Common Slavic bljudŭ. Compare Romanian blid.

Noun[edit]

blid n (plural blidi or blide)

  1. bowl, earthenware plate

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shortening of English razorblade.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: blid

Noun[edit]

blid

  1. a razor blade

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blid (neuter blidt, plural and definite singular attributive blide, comparative blidere, superlative (predicative) blidest, superlative (attributive) blideste)

  1. gentle

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse blíðr.

Adjective[edit]

blid (neuter blidt, definite singular and plural blide, comparative blidare, indefinite superlative blidast, definite superlative blidaste)

  1. gentle
  2. visibly happy

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic блюдо (bljudo), from Proto-Slavic *bľudo.

Noun[edit]

blid n (plural blide)

  1. dish, bowl, container or receptacle for food

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish bliþer, from Old Norse blíðr, from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (mild; kind), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (shine). Cognate of Icelandic blíður, English blithe, and Dutch blij.

Adjective[edit]

blid (comparative blidare, superlative blidast)

  1. (dated) mild, kind (when describing a person's temperament)
    hon såg på honom med blida ögonshe looked upon him with kind eyes
  2. (dated) mild, cold but not freezing (when describing weather)

Conjugation[edit]

Inflection of blid
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular blid blidare blidast
Neuter singular blitt blidare blidast
Plural blida blidare blidast
Masculine plural3 blide blidare blidast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 blide blidare blidaste
All blida blidare blidaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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