laid

See also: läid

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Verb

laid

1. simple past and past participle of lay

Derived terms

• get laid
• laid rope

Adjective

laid (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• creamlaid
• deep-laid
• well-laid

Translations

of paper: ribbed with wires

• French: vergé (fr)
• Russian: линованная (ru) f (linovannaja), разлинованная (ru) f (razlinovannaja)

Anagrams

• Dail, Dali, Dalí, Dial, dali, dial, dial.

Estonian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

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

Noun

laid (genitive laiu, partitive laidu)

1. islet, holm

Declension

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

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: lai, laids, lais, lait, laits (general), legs (dated)

Adjective

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

1. physically ugly

   Synonyms: moche, vilain

2. morally corrupt

Derived terms

• jolie laide
• laid comme les sept péchés capitaux
• laid comme un pou

Further reading

• “laid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

Old French lait (feminine laide).

Adjective

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

• French: laid

Norman

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• laid coumme lé péché du Dînmanche (“ugly as sin”, literally “ugly as a Sunday sin”)
• laidi (“become ugly, turn ugly”)
• s'laidi (“get ugly, turn ugly”)
• laiduthe, laideune (“ugly character, good-for-nothing”)

Welsh

Noun

laid

1. Soft mutation of llaid.

Mutation

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.