blid

See also: blíð

Aromanian

Alternative forms

blidu

Etymology

From Common Slavic bljudŭ. Compare Romanian blid.

Noun

blid n (plural blidi or blide)

bowl, earthenware plate

Synonyms

cãtsãn

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Shortening of English razorblade.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: blid

Noun

blid

a razor blade

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish bliþær, blithær, from Old Norse blíðr, from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbliðˀ/

Adjective

blid (neuter blidt, plural and definite singular attributive blide)

gentle
Antonyms: barsk, hård

Inflection

Inflection of *blid*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	blid	blidere	blidest²
indefinite neuter singular	blidt	blidere	blidest²
plural	blide	blidere	blidest²
definite attributive¹	blide	blidere	blideste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

blidhed

References

“blid” in Den Danske Ordbog
“blid” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse blíðr.

Adjective

blid (neuter blidt, definite singular and plural blide, comparative blidare, indefinite superlative blidast, definite superlative blidaste)

gentle
visibly happy

References

“blid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic блюдо (bljudo), from Proto-Slavic *bľudo.

Noun

blid n (plural blide)

dish, bowl, container or receptacle for food

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	blid	blidul	blide	blidele
genitive-dative	blid	blidului	blide	blidelor
vocative	blidule		blidelor

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bliþer, from Old Norse blíðr, from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (“mild; kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shine”). Cognate of Icelandic blíður, English blithe, and Dutch blij.

Adjective

blid (comparative blidare, superlative blidast)

(dated) mild, kind (when describing a person's temperament)
hon såg på honom med blida ögon ― she looked upon him with kind eyes
(dated) mild, cold but not freezing (when describing weather)

Conjugation

Inflection of **blid**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	blid	blidare	blidast
neuter singular	blitt	blidare	blidast
plural	blida	blidare	blidast
masculine plural²	blide	blidare	blidast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	blide	blidare	blidaste
all	blida	blidare	blidaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

References

“blid”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“blid”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“blid”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
blid in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

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