Blide

German

Alternative forms

• Bleide (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle High German blīde, from Medieval Latin blida. The undiphthongised form may be of dialectal origin, but was probably reinforced by learned influence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbliːdə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Blide f (genitive Blide, plural Bliden)

1. (military, historical) trebuchet (kind of catapult)

   Synonym: (rare) Tribock

Declension

Declension of Blide [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Blide	die	Bliden
genitive	einer	der	Blide	der	Bliden
dative	einer	der	Blide	den	Bliden
accusative	eine	die	Blide	die	Bliden

Hypernyms

• Katapult, Wurfmaschine