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-aid

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "aid"

Hungarian

Etymology

-a (possessive suffix) +‎ -i (possessive plural) +‎ -d (second-person singular personal suffix)

Pronunciation

Suffix

-aid

  1. (possessive suffix) your ... -s (second-person singular informal, multiple possessions)
    ház (“house”) → a házaid (“your houses”)

Usage notes

  • (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -id is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -aid is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -eid is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -jaid is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
    -jeid is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

See also

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *-āti, from Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti and *-eh₂yéti.

Suffix

-aid

  1. forms class A I verbs from nouns and adjectives
Derived terms
Old Irish terms suffixed with -aid
berraid
comalnaithir
crochaid
delbaid
dordaid
forcenna
gellaid
glanaid
íccaid
labraithir
láthraid
línaid
marbaid
móraid
múchaid
nertaid
noíbaid
rannaid
sénaid
sóeraid
sroiglid
trebaid

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *-Vti, where V stands for any thematic vowel.

Alternative forms

  • -id (after a slender consonant)

Suffix

-aid

  1. forms a third-person singular absolute verb ending in the present indicative and subjunctive and in the future

Etymology 3

From Proto-Celtic *-Vtesi.

Alternative forms

  • -id (after a slender consonant)

Suffix

-aid

  1. forms a second-person plural present indicative conjunct verb ending in the present indicative and subjunctive, in the imperative, in the future and in the preterite

Etymology 4

Suffix

-aid

  1. alternative form of -id (agentive suffix) used after a broad consonant
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Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Suffix

-aid (plural -eidiau)

  1. Forming nouns denoting the amount contained, -ful
    Synonym: llond
    ‎cwpan (“cup”) + ‎-aid → ‎cwpanaid (“cupful”)
    ‎llwy (“spoon”) + ‎-aid → ‎llwyaid (“spoonful”)
    ‎potel (“bottle”) + ‎-aid → ‎potelaid (“bottleful”)
Usage notes

Unusually, this suffix has no fixed gender but instead takes on the gender of the root word it modifies.

Derived terms
Welsh terms suffixed with -aid
bendigaid
bwcedaid
cegaid
coflaid
cwpanaid
cydaid
cynulleidfa
dyrnaid
dysglaid
euraid
ffiolaid
glasiaid
gwydraid
llond
llwyaid
llymaid
nythaid
piwïaid
plataid
tamaid
tebotaid

Etymology 2

    -ad with i-affection

    Alternative forms

    Suffix

    -aid

    1. Forms plural nouns., -s
      Synonyms: -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys
      ‎meudwy (“hermit”) + ‎-aid → ‎meudwyaid (“hermits”)
      ‎Pharo (“Pharaoh”) + ‎-aid → ‎Pharoaid (“Pharaohs”)
    2. plural of -ad

    References

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