-id

See also: Appendix:Variations of "id"

§English

§Etymology 1

Variant of -oid.

§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

• Europe → Europid
• negro → negrid

§Synonyms

• -al
• -an
• -ar
• -ese
• -ic
• -ish
• -like
• -oid
• -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, the names of meteors (e.g. Perseid), and the names of certain dynasties (e.g. Solomonid).

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§Hungarian

§Etymology

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

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /id/

§Suffix

-id

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

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

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

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

§Declension

For back vowel words:

Inflection of -id (plural in -ak, back harmony)

	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:

Inflection of -id (plural in -ek, front unrounded harmony)

	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) 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

§See also

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

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§Old Irish

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iðʲ/

§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