amid

See also: Amid

English

Alternative forms

• mid

Etymology

Middle English amidde, Old English on middan, a- +‎ mid.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪd
• IPA^(key): /əˈmɪd/

• Audio (US):

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Preposition

amid

1. Surrounded by; in the middle of; in the center of.

   Synonyms: amongst, among

   • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎^[1]:

     Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.

Translations

surrounded by

• Arabic: بَيْن (ar) (bayn)

  Egyptian Arabic: بين (ben)

• Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ)
• Bulgarian: сред (bg) (sred), между (bg) (meždu)
• Dutch: te midden van (nl)
• Finnish: keskellä (fi), vallitessa
• French: au milieu de (fr), entre (fr), parmi (fr), entouré de
• German: inmitten (de)
• Hebrew: בתוך, בין (he), בקרב
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue: ,
• Irish: i lár, i measc
• Italian: in mezzo a, tra (it), fra (it)
• Polish: wśród (pl), pośród (pl)
• Portuguese: em meio a
• Russian: среди́ (ru) (sredí) (+ genitive case), ме́жду (ru) (méždu) (+ instrumental case)
• Slovak: medzi, uprostred
• Slovene: srédi
• Spanish: rodeado por, envuelto (es), entre (es)
• Ukrainian: се́ред (séred), мі́ж (míž), по́між (pómiž)

See also

• amidst

Anagrams

• Dima, aim'd, diam, diam., maid

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Amis

Noun

amid

1. gift

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmid]
• Hyphenation: amid

Etymology 1

ami (“what”) +‎ -d (possessive suffix)

Pronoun

amid

1. second-person singular single-possession possessive of ami

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	amid	—
accusative	amidet	—
dative	amidnek	—
instrumental	amiddel	—
causal-final	amidért	—
translative	amiddé	—
terminative	amidig	—
essive-formal	amidként	—
essive-modal	amidül	—
inessive	amidben	—
superessive	amiden	—
adessive	amidnél	—
illative	amidbe	—
sublative	amidre	—
allative	amidhez	—
elative	amidből	—
delative	amidről	—
ablative	amidtől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	amidé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	amidéi	—

Etymology 2

From German Ammonie (“Am(monie)”) + -id (“-ide”, suffix referring to a chemical compound).

Noun

amid (plural amidok)

1. (chemistry) amide

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	amid	amidok
accusative	amidot	amidokat
dative	amidnak	amidoknak
instrumental	amiddal	amidokkal
causal-final	amidért	amidokért
translative	amiddá	amidokká
terminative	amidig	amidokig
essive-formal	amidként	amidokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	amidban	amidokban
superessive	amidon	amidokon
adessive	amidnál	amidoknál
illative	amidba	amidokba
sublative	amidra	amidokra
allative	amidhoz	amidokhoz
elative	amidból	amidokból
delative	amidról	amidokról
ablative	amidtól	amidoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	amidé	amidoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	amidéi	amidokéi

Possessive forms of amid
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	amidom	amidjaim
2nd person sing.	amidod	amidjaid
3rd person sing.	amidja	amidjai
1st person plural	amidunk	amidjaink
2nd person plural	amidotok	amidjaitok
3rd person plural	amidjuk	amidjaik

Derived terms

• dietilamid

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the shortening of ammoniakk +‎ -id

Noun

amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid or amider, definite plural amida or amidene)

1. (chemistry) an amide

Derived terms

• karbamid

References

• “amid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the shortening of ammoniakk +‎ -id

Noun

amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid, definite plural amida)

1. (chemistry) an amide

Derived terms

• karbamid

References

• “amid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.