Eid

See also: EID, eID, eid, eið, -eid, 'eid, 'Eid, and e-ID

English

Etymology 1

From Arabic عِيد (ʕīd, feast, holiday, festival) via Persian عید ('eyd), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܥܐܕܐ.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːd/
  • Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

Eid (plural Eids)

  1. (Islam) Any of various Muslim religious festivals.

Proper noun

Eid (plural Eids)

  1. Ellipsis of Eid al-Fitr.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Norwegian Eid.

Proper noun

Eid

  1. Any of several areas in Norway
    1. A parish of Stad, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane borough, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway.
    2. A parish of Kvinnherad, Sunnhordland district, Hordaland borough, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway.
    3. A parish of Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Western Norway, Norway.
Derived terms
  • Eid and Voll
  • Voll and Eid
  • Eid og Voll
  • Eidsbygda
  • Voll og Eid

Etymology 3

From Scots Eid, from Old Norse Eið, from eið (isthmus).

Proper noun

Eid

  1. Synonym of Aith; A village in Mainland, Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Anagrams

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German egede, from Old High German egida. Compare early modern German eide.

Noun

Eid

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) harrow

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 37:

German

Etymology

From Middle High German eit, from Old High German eid, from Proto-West Germanic *aiþ, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos. Compare Dutch eed, English oath, Danish ed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪ̯t/, [ʔäe̯t]
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯t
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Eid m (strong, genitive Eides or Eids, plural Eide)

  1. (especially official, law, politics, military) oath
    Synonyms: (especially religious) Gelübde; (especially private) Schwur

Declension

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • eidbrüchig

See also

Further reading

  • Eid” in Duden online
  • Eid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Eid

  1. Eid: A placename.
    1. a parish and former municipality of Stad, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane borough, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway
    2. a parish and former municipality of Kvinnherad, Sunnhordland district, Hordaland borough, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway
    3. a parish and former municipality of Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Western Norway, Norway

Derived terms

  • Eid og Voll
  • Voll og Eid
  • Eidsbygda

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From eid, from Old Norse eið (isthmus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɪː(d)/

Proper noun

Eid n

  1. Eid, a placename.
    1. a parish and former municipality of Stad, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
    2. a parish and former municipality of Kvinnherad, Sunnhordland district, Hordaland, Norway
    3. a parish and former municipality of Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Derived terms

  • Eid og Voll
  • Eidsbygda
  • Voll og Eid

Plautdietsch

Noun

Eid m (plural Eide)

  1. oath

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse Eið, from eið (isthmus).

Proper noun

Eid

  1. Aith (a village in Mainland, Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom)

Descendants

  • English: Eid