síd

See also: sid, Sid, SID, sid', and síð

Hungarian

Etymology

sí +‎ -d (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃiːd]

Noun

síd

1. second-person singular (single possession) possessive of sí

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	síd	—
accusative	sídet	—
dative	sídnek	—
instrumental	síddel	—
causal-final	sídért	—
translative	síddé	—
terminative	sídig	—
essive-formal	sídként	—
essive-modal	sídül	—
inessive	sídben	—
superessive	síden	—
adessive	sídnél	—
illative	sídbe	—
sublative	sídre	—
allative	sídhez	—
elative	sídből	—
delative	sídről	—
ablative	sídtől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	sídé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	sídéi	—

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• síth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (nominative/vocative/accusative singular and dual) /sʲiːð/, (dative singular) /sʲiːðʲ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *sedos, *sīdos (“mound (inhabited by fairies)”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēds, *sed- (“seat”).

Noun

síd n (genitive síde, nominative plural síde)

1. fairy mound
   1. (in genitive, as attribute) of a fairy mound, fairy
   2. (by extension) wondrous, enchanting, charming, delightful
2. (in the plural) fairy people, fairies
   • Template:ca. Fíacc’s Hymn, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 317, l. 41:

     For túaith Hérenn bái temel · túatha adortais síde

     On the folk of Ireland there was darkness: the peoples used to worship fairies.

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sídN	sídN	sídeL
Vocative	sídN	sídN	sídeL
Accusative	sídN	sídN	sídeL
Genitive	sídeL	síde	sídeN
Dative	sídL	sídib	sídib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• (fairy people): áes síde

Derived terms

• áes síde (“fairy”)
• sídach (“of a fairy”)
• sídbárc (“fairy ship”)
• sídbrug (“fairy mansion”)
• sídcrob (“fairylike or delicate hand”)
• sídfert (“fairy gravemound”)
• sídless (“fairy (or peaceful) enclosure”)
• sídmag (“fairy (or peaceful) plain”)

 

Descendants

• Middle Irish: side
  • Irish: sí, síth
  • Manx: shee
  • Scottish Gaelic: sìth

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

síd n (genitive síde, nominative plural síde)

1. peace, goodwill, peaceableness, a state or period of peace, a truce; peace terms; peacemaking, conciliation
2. peace-offering, compensation, atonement, indemnity, compact of peace
3. pardon, forgiveness
4. (of natural phenomena) peace, quietness, stillness

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	síd	sídN	sídeL
Vocative	síd	sídN	sídeL
Accusative	síd	sídN	sídeL
Genitive	sídeH	sídeN	sídeN
Dative	sídL	sídib	sídib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
síd	ṡíd	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 síd, síth (‘fairy mound’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 síd, síth (‘peace’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language