zidi

See also: zīdi, zǐdì, židi, and žīdi

Isthmus Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *seteʔ, from Proto-Zapotecan *seteʔ, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *tin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzìdì/

Noun

zidi

1. salt

References

• Pickett, Velma; et al. (2013), Vocabulario zapoteco del Istmo: Zapoteco-español y español-zapoteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionaries indígenas “Mariano Silva y Acevas”; 3)‎ (in Spanish), fifth (electronic) edition, second version edition, Insituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 46

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic зьдати (zĭdati), from Proto-Slavic *zьdati (“to build”).

Verb

a zidi (third-person singular present zidește, past participle zidit) 4th conjugation

1. to build

Conjugation

    conjugation of zidi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a zidi
gerund			zidind
past participle			zidit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	zidesc	zidești	zidește	zidim	zidiți	zidesc
	imperfect	zideam	zideai	zidea	zideam	zideați	zideau
	simple perfect	zidii	zidiși	zidi	zidirăm	zidirăți	zidiră
	pluperfect	zidisem	zidiseși	zidise	zidiserăm	zidiserăți	zidiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să zidesc	să zidești	să zidească	să zidim	să zidiți	să zidească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		zidește			zidiți
	negative		nu zidi			nu zidiți

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَادَ (zāda).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-zidi (infinitive kuzidi)

1. to surpass
2. to increase

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zidi
Positive present -nazidi Subjunctive -zidi Negative -zidi Imperative singular zidi
Infinitives
Positive kuzidi Negative kutozidi
Imperatives
Singular zidi Plural zidini
Tensed forms
Habitual huzidi Positive past positive subject concord + -lizidi Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzidi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazidi) Singular Plural 1st person ninazidi/nazidi tunazidi 2nd person unazidi mnazidi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazidi wanazidi other classes positive subject concord + -nazidi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zidi) Singular Plural 1st person sizidi hatuzidi 2nd person huzidi hamzidi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazidi hawazidi other classes negative subject concord + -zidi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazidi Negative future negative subject concord + -tazidi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zidi) Singular Plural 1st person nizidi tuzidi 2nd person uzidi mzidi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azidi wazidi other classes positive subject concord + -zidi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizidi Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezidi Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezidi Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizidi Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizidi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azidi) Singular Plural 1st person nazidi twazidi 2nd person wazidi mwazidi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azidi wazidi m-mi(III/IV) wazidi yazidi ji-ma(V/VI) lazidi yazidi ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazidi vyazidi n(IX/X) yazidi zazidi u(XI) wazidi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazidi pa(XVI) pazidi mu(XVIII) mwazidi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezidi "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazidi "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazidi "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizidi "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozidi Consecutive kazidi / positive subject concord + -kazidi Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazidi
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizidi -tuzidi 2nd person -kuzidi -wazidi/-kuzidini/-wazidini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzidi -wazidi m-mi(III/IV) -uzidi -izidi ji-ma(V/VI) -lizidi -yazidi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizidi -vizidi n(IX/X) -izidi -zizidi u(XI) -uzidi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzidi pa(XVI) -pazidi mu(XVIII) -muzidi Reflexive -jizidi
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zidi- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zidiye -zidio m-mi(III/IV) -zidio -zidiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -zidilo -zidiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zidicho -zidivyo n(IX/X) -zidiyo -zidizo u(XI) -zidio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zidiko pa(XVI) -zidipo mu(XVIII) -zidimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zidi) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezidi -ozidi m-mi(III/IV) -ozidi -yozidi ji-ma(V/VI) -lozidi -yozidi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozidi -vyozidi n(IX/X) -yozidi -zozidi u(XI) -ozidi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozidi pa(XVI) -pozidi mu(XVIII) -mozidi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -zidisha

Related terms

• ziada (“surplus, balance”)