sida

See also: Sida, SIDA, sidá, siða, and síða

English

Etymology

From the genus name, translingual Sida.

Noun

sida (plural sidas)

1. (botany) any of the flowering plants of the genus Sida in the mallow family

Translations

Sida

Russian: си́да (ru) f (sída)

Anagrams

• AIDS, AISD, Aids, Dais, IADS, IADs, Said, Saïd, aids, dais, daïs, sadi, said

Albanian

Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:

HIV/AIDS

Wikipedia ^sq

Etymology

See SIDA.

Noun

sida f (definite sida)

1. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

   virusi i sidës

   the aids virus

Abbreviations

• AIDS m, aids m
• SIDA f

Synonyms

• sindromi i mungesës së imunitetit të fituar

Further reading

• noun sida (aids) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sidə/
• Hyphenation: si‧da

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

sida (Balinese script ᬲᬶᬤ)

1. wound

Etymology 2

From Old Javanese siddha, from Sanskrit सिद्ध (siddha, “accomplished”). Cognate of Javanese ꦱꦶꦢ (sida, “accomplished”).

Adjective

sida (Balinese script ᬲᬶᬤ᭄ᬥ)

1. accomplished

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsi.ða]

Noun

sida f (uncountable)

1. AIDS

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish seda.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧da
• IPA^(key): /ˈsida/ [ˈs̪i.d̪ɐ]

Noun

sída (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜇ)

1. silk

French

Alternative forms

• SIDA

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.da/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

sida m (invariable)

1. acronym of syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise; AIDS

Derived terms

• sidatique
• sidéen

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Asdi

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si ida (“they”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈda/ [siˈda]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧da

Pronoun

sidá (Hanunoo spelling ᜰᜲᜧ)

1. they

See also

Hanunoo personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct	Indirect	Oblique
First	singular	ako	niko	kangko, kang
	plural inclusive	kita	nita	kanta
	plural exclusive	kami	nimi	kanmi
Second	singular	kawo, ka	nimo	kanmo
	plural	kamo	niyo	kanyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kanya
	plural	sida	nida	kanda

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 244
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ida”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Iban

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *sida(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.daʔ/

Pronoun

sida

1. they

Descendants

• → Malay: sida, sidak

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sədaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈda/ [siˈda]
• Hyphenation: si‧da

Noun

sidá (Kur-itan spelling ᜐᜒᜇ)

1. rice topping; viand (dish eaten with rice, such as meat, fish, vegetables, etc.)
2. fish

   Synonyms: ikan, lames

Further reading

• “sida”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sida, from Sanskrit सिद्ध (siddha, “proven, sage, prophet, seer, personage or great saint”). Doublet of sidi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsida/ [ˈsi.da]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: si‧da

Noun

sida (plural sida-sida)

1. (archaic) noble descendants
2. (archaic) eunuch

Further reading

• “sida”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

sida

1. romanization of ꦱꦶꦢ

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish seda (“silk”).

Noun

sida

1. silk

Leonese

Verb

sida f sg

1. feminine singular past participle of sere

Malay

Alternative forms

• sidak

Etymology

Perhaps from Iban sida.

Pronunciation

• (Sarawak) IPA^(key): [si.ˈdaʔ]

Pronoun

sida (Jawi spelling سيدا)

1. (dialectal, Sarawak) they

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish seda (“silk”).

Noun

sida

1. silk

   Synonym: sotra'

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎ (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Mirandese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̺ida/ [ˈs̺i.ð̞ɐ] (Central)
• IPA^(key): /ˈs̺ida/ [ˈs̺ɨj.ð̞ɐ] (Sendinese)
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: si‧da

Participle

sida f sg

1. feminine singular of sido

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• siden

Noun

sida m or f

1. definite feminine singular of side

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse síða.

Noun

sida f (definite singular sida, indefinite plural sider or sidor, definite plural sidene or sidone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of side
2. definite singular of side

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

sida

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Northern Sami siida, from Proto-Samic *sijtë (“village”).

Noun

sida m (definite singular sidaen, indefinite plural sidaer or sidaar, definite plural sidaene or sidaane)

1. a reindeer camp

   Synonym: reinby

References

• “sida” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ. Not to be confused with *sīda (“silk”) which is not attested.

Noun

sīda f

1. side

Inflection

Declension of sīda (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	sīda	sīda, sīdon
accusative	sīda, sīdon	sīda, sīdon
genitive	sīdon	sīdono
dative	sīdon	sīdon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: side
  • Dutch: zijde, zij
    • Afrikaans: sye, sy
    • Negerhollands: sie, śi

Further reading

• “sīda”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dɑ/

Noun

sida

1. inflection of sidu:
   1. nominative/accusative plural
   2. genitive singular/plural
   3. dative singular

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sīdā (whence also Old English sīde (“silk”)), from Late Latin sēta (“silk”), Classical Latin saeta (“bristle”).

Noun

sīda f

1. silk

Descendants

• Middle High German: sīde
  • German: Seide
  • Hunsrik: Seid
  • Luxembourgish: Seid
  • Yiddish: זײַד (zayd)
• → Old East Slavic: шида (šida)
• → Old Novgorodian: шида (šida)

Somali

Adjective

sida

1. (like) this

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsida/ [ˈsi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: si‧da

Etymology 1

Noun

sida m (uncountable)

1. abbreviation of síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (AIDS)

Alternative forms

• SIDA

Etymology 2

Participle

sida f sg

1. feminine singular of sido

Further reading

• “sida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Alternative forms

• (Page) s., sid.

Etymology

From Old Swedish sīþa, from Old Norse síða, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²siːda/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: seeda

Noun

sida c

1. side; a bounding straight edge or surface

   En kub har sex sidor. ― A cube has six sides.

2. side; a region in a specified position with respect to something.
3. (clarification of this definition is needed.) a particular cut of a slaughtered animal
4. side; one group of competitors in a game or a war.
5. page; one surface of a sheet of paper.

   Synonym: (archaic) pagina

   Se sida 42.

   See page 42.

6. site; a website or internet site

Declension

Declension of sida

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sida	sidas
	definite	sidan	sidans
plural	indefinite	sidor	sidors
	definite	sidorna	sidornas

Derived terms

• bergssida
• sida upp och sida ned

Verb

sida (present sidar, preterite sidade, supine sidat, imperative sida)

1. (sports) to seed (a player into a competition), more commonly seeda

   Hon har sidats in i första startledet och tilldelats startnummer 21. ― She was seeded into the first line, starting as number 21.

2. (colloquial) to side (with), to be allied with

   Det var inte så att britterna sidade med araberna. ― It wasn't so that the Brits sided with the Arabs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sida (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sida		sidas
supine	sidat		sidats
imperative	sida		—
imper. plural1	siden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	sidar	sidade	sidas	sidades
ind. plural1	sida	sidade	sidas	sidades
subjunctive2	side	sidade	sides	sidades
present participle		sidande
past participle		sidad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• Disa, Idas