caid

From Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”), probably through French caïd (or at least influenced by it in pronunciation). Doublet of alcaide.

• IPA^(key): /kɑːˈiːd/, (Arabicised) /ˈkɑː.ɪd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

caid (plural caids)

1. (historical) A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
   • 1990, Abdelali Doumou, The Moroccan State in Historical Perspective, 1850-1985, CODESRIA, page 43:

     Having taken over the land, the caids procured labour for themselves by conscripting people for forced farm work, calling the practice a form of Touiza, which was a centuries-old practice of mutual help in the rural areas.

   • 2002, Ethnology, Volume 41, University of Pittsburgh, page 115:

     This results in frequent and severe conflicts which, if the provincial governor and the caid are unable to resolve them, are taken to the Ministry of the Interior in Rabat.
     The office of caid can be considered an extension of the province head.

   • 2005, Benjamin Claude Brower, A Desert Named Peace: Violence and Empire in the Algerian Sahara, 1844-1902, Volume 1, Cornell University, page 155:

     Most of the process was in the hands of the caids who drew up first estimates of the taxable wealth. Then the local head of the Bureau Arab looked over these figures for the final fiscal census. This gave the caid much power.

• kaid, qaid

From Irish caid (“stuffed ball; football”).

caid (uncountable)

1. Any of various ancient and traditional Irish football games.
2. (Ireland) Modern Gaelic football.

• -adic, ACID, Daic, acid, adic, cadi

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caid f (genitive singular caide, nominative plural caideanna)

1. ashlar, stone
2. (anatomy) testicle

• (ashlar): eisléir
• (testicle): cloch, magairle, úirí

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caid f (genitive singular caide, nominative plural caideanna)

1. stuffed ball
   1. football, soccer ball
   2. rugby ball
2. (uncountable) football, soccer (game); Gaelic football (game)

• (football (ball)): liathróid
• (football, soccer (ball or game)): peil
• (rugby ball): liathróid rugbaí
• (Gaelic football): peil Ghaelach

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Borrowed from French caïd.

caid m (plural caizi)

1. caid