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nid

See also: NID, níd, nið, and níð

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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nid (plural nids)

  1. Alternative form of nide (“nest of pheasants”)
    • 1884, William Carnegie, Practical game preserving, page 15:
      Owing to the size of the enclosure, most of the hens will commence their laying and nesting operations in the same or similar manner to unrestrained birds, forming their nids, and proceeding in the usual way. The aim of the mode of introducing pheasants here described is […]

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Noun

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nid

  1. (linguistics) Initialism of noun inanimate dependent.
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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French nid, from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).

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Noun

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nid m (plural nids)

  1. nest
    • 1976, Michel Fugain et le Big Bazar, "Le printemps".
      L’hirondelle et la fauvette, c’est la forêt qui me l’a dit / L’hirondelle et la fauvette, ont déjà fait leur nid
      The swallow and the warbler, it's the forest that told me / The swallow and the warbler have already made their nests
  2. (military) Some people or dangerous things, hidden or not
    Nid de mitrailleuses
    machine gun nest
    Nid d’espions
    spy's nest

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Irish

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Noun

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nid

  1. inflection of nead:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Lombard

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Etymology

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From Latin nīdus.

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nid m

  1. nest

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Latin nīdus.

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nid m (plural nids)

  1. (Guernsey) nest

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą, sense 2 being a semantic loan from German Neid. Doublet of ni-.

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nid n (definite singular nidet, uncountable)

  1. (archaic or historical) mockery, defamation, shame
  2. (literary) envy, hatred, animosity

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *nīþą. Cognate with Old English nīþ, Old Norse níð.

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nīd m

  1. envy
  2. hate
  3. malice

Declension

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Declension of nīd (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative nīd nīda
accusative nīd nīda
genitive nīdes nīdo
dative nīde nīdum
instrumental nīdu —

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  • Middle High German: nīt

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  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Romagnol

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nid m (invariable) (Bassa Romagna)

  1. nest

Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą. Cognate of Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ), German Neid, Dutch nijd.

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nid n

  1. (archaic or archaizing) scornful mockery

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Mostly as part of compounds.

Declension

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Declension of nid 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nid nidet nid niden
Genitive nids nidets nids nidens

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From ni with the same meaning, perhaps with addition of yd (affirmative particle).[1]

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Adverb

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nid

  1. (formal) not (used before a word or phrase that has been moved before the main verb for emphasis)
    • 2022 October 12, “Fêpio ac ymddygiad gwael yn straen sylweddol ar athrawon”, in BBC Cymru Fyw‎[1]:
      “Nid yma i gosbi mae athrawon,” meddai pennaeth Bro Myrddin
      “Teachers are not here to punish,” said the head of Bro Myrddin [School]
  2. (literary) not (used before a vowel)

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  • dim (“not”) (colloquial)
  • ni (“not”) (literary, used before a consonant)

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 51 vi
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