laid

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See also: läid

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Verb

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laid

  1. simple past and past participle of lay

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Adjective

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laid (not comparable)

  1. (of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

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Estonian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Finnic *laita, from Proto-Germanic *laidō. Compare Old Norse leið. Cognate to Finnish laita.

Noun

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laid (genitive laia, partitive laida)

  1. width (of cloth)
  2. plank on the side of a boat.
  3. side of a boat.
  4. board, starboard
Declension
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Declension of laid (ÕS type 22u/leib, d-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative laid laiad
accusative nom.
gen. laia
genitive laidade
partitive laida laidu
laidasid
illative laida
laiasse
laidadesse
inessive laias laidades
elative laiast laidadest
allative laiale laidadele
adessive laial laidadel
ablative laialt laidadelt
translative laiaks laidadeks
terminative laiani laidadeni
essive laiana laidadena
abessive laiata laidadeta
comitative laiaga laidadega
Declension of laid (ÕS type 22e/riik, d-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative laid laiud
accusative nom.
gen. laiu
genitive laidude
partitive laidu laide
laidusid
illative laidu
laiusse
laidudesse
inessive laius laidudes
elative laiust laidudest
allative laiule laidudele
adessive laiul laidudel
ablative laiult laidudelt
translative laiuks laidudeks
terminative laiuni laidudeni
essive laiuna laidudena
abessive laiuta laidudeta
comitative laiuga laidudega

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Finnic *laito, possibly from Proto-Baltic *slaid-. Compare Lithuanian šlaitas (hillside). Cognate to Finnish laito. Alternatively from Proto-Germanic *laidō.

Noun

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laid (genitive laiu, partitive laidu)

  1. islet, holm
Declension
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Declension of laid (ÕS type 22e/riik, d-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative laid laiud
accusative nom.
gen. laiu
genitive laidude
partitive laidu laide
laidusid
illative laidu
laiusse
laidudesse
inessive laius laidudes
elative laiust laidudest
allative laiule laidudele
adessive laiul laidudel
ablative laiult laidudelt
translative laiuks laidudeks
terminative laiuni laidudeni
essive laiuna laidudena
abessive laiuta laidudeta
comitative laiuga laidudega

French

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Etymology

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From Middle French laid (hideous, ugly), from Old French laid, leid (unpleasant, horrible, odious), from Vulgar Latin *laitus (unpleasant, ugly), from Frankish *laiþ (unpleasant, obstinate, odious), from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (sorrowful, unpleasant), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (unpleasant).

Akin to Old High German leid (unpleasant, odious) (German leid (unfortunate), Leid (grief)), Old Norse leiþr (odious), Old English lāþ (unpleasant, odious), Catalan lleig (ugly), Occitan lag (ugly). More at loath.

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Adjective

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laid (feminine laide, masculine plural laids, feminine plural laides)

  1. physically ugly
    Synonyms: moche, vilain
  2. morally corrupt

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Middle French

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Etymology

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Old French lait (feminine laide).

Adjective

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laid m (feminine singular laide, masculine plural laids, feminine plural laides)

  1. ugly
    • 1546, Philippe de Commine, Cronique et histoire faicte et composee par feu messire Philippe de Commines ... Contenant les choses advenues durant le regne du Roy Loys unziesme, & Charles huictiesme son filz, tant en France, Bourgongne, Flandres, Arthois, Angleterre, & Italie, que Espaigne & lieux circonuoysins, page 43:
      Le Roy de Castille estoit laid, et ses habillemens desplaisans aux François, qui s'en moquerent.
      The king of Castille was ugly, and his clothing unpleasant to the French, who made fun of it.

Descendants

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  • French: laid

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French laid, leid (unpleasant, horrible, odious).

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Adjective

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laid m

  1. (Jersey) ugly
    Bouonne femme n'est janmais laie.A nice woman is never ugly.
    Janmais vaque n'a trouvé san vieau laid.A cow never found her calf ugly.

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Welsh

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Noun

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laid

  1. Soft mutation of llaid.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llaid laid unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.