aida

See also: Aida, AIDA, Aída, aidà, áidǎ, and āidǎ

English

Noun

aida (countable and uncountable, plural aidas)

1. Synonym of Aida cloth.
   • 2021, Cross Stitcher‎^[1], April 2021 edition, page 81:

     Use a size 24 needle for most aidas, and a size 26 for evenweaves and linens.

   • 2022, Sally Wilson, Jump Into Cross Stitch‎^[2], →ISBN, page 8:

     The benefit however of stitching on a higher count aida is that the overall project will be smaller, and you can fit in a greater level of detail.

   • 2024, Sophie Crabb, Sew Mindful Cross Stitch‎^[3], →ISBN, page 11:

     Each of the projects in this book use 14 count aida, which means there are fourteen squares (or stitches) per inch of fabric.

Asturian

Etymology

Deverbal from aidar.

Noun

aida f (plural aides)

1. help, aid

   Synonym: ayuda

Further reading

• “aida”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Verb

aida

1. inflection of aidar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Estonian

Noun

aida

1. genitive singular of ait

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

aida

1. third-person singular past historic of aider

Gabadi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.i.da/

Noun

aida

1. the mother (of someone); someone's mom

   aidamuna ― your mother

   Aua`una mai kadi`una osida gegana robana. aidanana osida gepaura. ― A boy worked with his mother.

Declension

inflection of stem aida

	singular	plural
nominative stem + -na/-da	aidana	aidada
locative + instrumental stem + -nai/-dai	aidanai	aidadai
inalienable possessive forms
1st person singular possessive (my)	aida’una	—
2nd person singular possessive (your)	aidamuna	—
3rd person singular possessive (his/her/its)	aidanana	—
1st person plural inclusive possessive (our)	aidagana	—
1st person plural exclusive possessive (our)	aidamaina	—
2nd person plural possessive (your)	aidamuna	—
3rd person plural possessive (their)	aidadada	—

References

• Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2013). Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. SIL International.
  • p.10 (possessive suffix example aidamuna, table)
  • p.20 (example 32, aidanana 'mother.his')

Japanese

Romanization

aida

1. Rōmaji transcription of あいだ

Karelian

Regional variants of aida

North Karelian (Viena)	aita
South Karelian (Tver)	aida

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aita. Cognates include Finnish aita and Estonian aed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯dɑ/
• Hyphenation: ai‧da

Noun

aida (genitive aijan, partitive aidua)

1. (South Karelian) fence

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of aida (type 4/kala id-ij gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	aida	aijat
genitive	aijan	aijoin
partitive	aidua	aidoida
illative	aidah	aidoih
inessive	aijašša	aijoissa
elative	aijašta	aijoista
adessive	aijalla	aijoilla
ablative	aijalda	aijoilda
translative	aijakši	aijoiksi
essive	aidana	aidoina
comitative	aijanke	aijoinke
abessive	aijatta	aijoitta
prolative	aijačči	aijoičči
instructive	—	aijoin

Possessive forms of aida
1st person	aidani
2nd person	aidaš
3rd person	aidah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994), “aida”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐjitɐ/

Adjective

aida

1. short-tempered, easily angered, hotheaded

Romanian

Interjection

aida

1. alternative form of haide