laid
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leɪd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪd
Adjective
laid (not comparable)
Derived terms
Translations
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *laidō. Compare Old Norse leið. Cognate to Finnish laita.
Noun
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | laid | laiad |
genitive | laia | laidade |
partitive | laida | laidu / laidasid |
illative | laida / laiasse | laidadesse / laiusse |
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 |
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | laid | laiud |
genitive | laiu | 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
Possibly from Proto-Baltic *slaid-. Compare Lithuanian šlaitas (“hillside”). Cognate to Finnish laito. Alternatively from Proto-Germanic *laidō.
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | laid | laiud |
genitive | laiu | 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 *laith (“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”). More at loath.
Further reading
- “laid” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
Old French lait (feminine laide).
Adjective
laid m (feminine singular laide, masculine plural laids, feminine plural laides)
- 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.
- Le Roy de Castille estoit laid, et ses habillemens desplaisans aux François, qui s'en moquerent.
- 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
Norman
Etymology
From Old French laid, leid (“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“sorrowful, unpleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“unpleasant”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Adjective
laid m