-aid

See also: aid, AID, aïd, Aïd, and Äid

Hungarian

Etymology

-a (possessive suffix) +‎ -i (possessive plural) +‎ -d (second-person singular personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒjid]

Suffix

-aid

1. (possessive suffix) your ... -s (second-person singular informal, multiple possessions)

   ház (“house”) → a házaid (“your houses”)

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -id is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -aid is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -eid is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -jaid is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i

  -jeid is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-aid	—
accusative	-aidat	—
dative	-aidnak	—
instrumental	-aiddal	—
causal-final	-aidért	—
translative	-aiddá	—
terminative	-aidig	—
essive-formal	-aidként	—
essive-modal	-aidul	—
inessive	-aidban	—
superessive	-aidon	—
adessive	-aidnál	—
illative	-aidba	—
sublative	-aidra	—
allative	-aidhoz	—
elative	-aidból	—
delative	-aidról	—
ablative	-aidtól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	-aidé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	-aidéi	—

See also

• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ai̯d/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɛd/, /ad/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ai̯d/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɛd/

Etymology 1

Suffix

-aid (plural -eidiau)

1. Forming nouns denoting the amount contained, -ful

   ‎cwpan (“cup”) + ‎-aid → ‎cwpanaid (“cupful”)

   ‎llwy (“spoon”) + ‎-aid → ‎llwyaid (“spoonful”)

   ‎potel (“bottle”) + ‎-aid → ‎potelaid (“bottleful”)

   Synonym: llond

Usage notes

Unusually, this suffix has no fixed gender but instead takes on the gender of the root word it modifies.

Etymology 2

-ad with i-affection

Alternative forms

• -iaid

Suffix

-aid

1. Forms plural nouns., -s

   ‎meudwy (“hermit”) + ‎-aid → ‎meudwyaid (“hermits”)

   ‎Pharo (“Pharaoh”) + ‎-aid → ‎Pharoaid (“Pharaohs”)

   Synonyms: -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys

2. plural of -ad

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -aid

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-aid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies