-id

See also: Appendix:Variations of "id"

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman -ide, Middle French -ide, from Latin -idus, of uncertain origin.

Suffix

-id

1. (not productive except in zoology) of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin.

Derived terms

• horror → horrid
• vapor → vapid
• valor → valid
• turgor → turgid
• torpor → torpid
• candor → candid
• stupor → stupid
• rigor → rigid
• pallor → pallid
• acer → acrid
• livere → livid
• rabies → rabid
• languor → languid
• humour (a fluid) → humid (moist)
• solĭdus → solid
• stolidus → stolid
• rapidus → rapid
• Antartida (Chilean Antarctic Territory) → antartid
• *Latin → avid (eager)
• *Latin → arid (dry, devoid)
• *Latin → insipid (shallow)
• *Latin (limpidus) → limpid (bright)

Synonyms

• -al
• -an
• -ar
• -ese
• -ic
• -ish
• -like
• -ory
• -ous
• -y

Etymology 2

From Middle French -ide, French -ide, and their sources, Latin -id-, -is and Ancient Greek -ιδ-, -ις (-id-, -is).

Suffix

-id

1. (chiefly botany, astronomy) Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources, and the names of meteors.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /id/

Suffix

-id

1. your ... -s (second-person singular informal possessive suffix denoting plural possession)

   kapu (“gate”) → a kapuid (“your gates”)

   palota (“palace”) → a palotáid (“your palaces”)

   érme (“coin”) → az érméid (“your coins”)

Declension

For back vowel words:

declension of -id singular plural nominative -id - accusative -idat - dative -idnak - instrumental -iddal - causal-final -idért - translative -iddá - terminative -idig - essive-formal -idként - essive-modal -idul - inessive -idban - superessive -idon - adessive -idnál - illative -idba - sublative -idra - allative -idhoz - elative -idból - delative -idról - ablative -idtól -

For front vowel words:

declension of -id singular plural nominative -id - accusative -idet - dative -idnek - instrumental -iddel - causal-final -idért - translative -iddé - terminative -idig - essive-formal -idként - essive-modal -idül - inessive -idben - superessive -iden - adessive -idnél - illative -idbe - sublative -idre - allative -idhez - elative -idből - delative -idről - ablative -idtől -

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix): Member of the following suffix cluster:

  -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

See also

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

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ið/

Alternative forms

• -aid (broad variant)
• -ith

Suffix

-id

1. Forms a noun of agency.
   • from verb or verbal noun

     e.g. serc (“love”) → sercaid (“lover”)

   • from noun

     e.g. mucc (“pig”) → muccaid (“swineherd”)

     ainmm (“name”) → ainmmnid (“nominative case”) = "namer"

Usage notes

• This suffix forms i-stem nouns.

Derived terms

► Old Irish words suffixed with -id

References

• Rudolf Thurneysen, A Grammar of Old Irish (Dublin, 1946), §267