fid

See also: FID, Fid, and Fid.

English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪd/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪd

Noun

fid (plural fids)

  1. (nautical) A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing.
    Coordinate term: marlinspike
  2. (nautical) A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship).
  3. A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun.
  4. A small thick piece of anything.
    • 1872, The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature:
      Four — dreadfully unclad — men, carefully oiled, to protect their skin against the great heat, are moving about with long iron spoons, stirring here and mixing there, or kneading into little fids various compounds of coarse sugar and rancid butter […]
  5. A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.
  6. (nautical, slang) The penis.

Verb

fid (third-person singular simple present fids, present participle fidding, simple past and past participle fidded)

  1. To support a topmast using a fid.

Anagrams

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *widus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸʲið]

Noun

fid m

  1. tree
  2. wood, timber
  3. letter of an alphabet
  4. vowel

Declension

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fid fidL fedaeH
vocative fid fidL fidu
accusative fidN fidL fidu
genitive fedoH, fedaH fedoL, fedaL fedaeN
dative fidL fedaib fedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: fiodh
  • Scottish Gaelic: fiodh
  • Manx: fuygh

Mutation

Mutation of fid
radical lenition nasalization
fid ḟid fid
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Volapük

Noun

fid (nominative plural fids)

  1. food

Declension

Declension of fid
singular plural
nominative fid fids
genitive fida fidas
dative fide fides
accusative fidi fidis
vocative 1 o fid! o fids!
predicative 2 fidu fidus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

  • fidacan (“comestible”), fidacans (“comestibles”)
  • fidacem (“dining room”)
  • fidalecem (“dining hall, (hotel) dining room, refectory”)
  • fidalöläd (“cover, place setting”)
  • fidaspun (“tablespoon”)
  • fidastafil (“chopstick”)
  • fidasälun (“dining parlour”)
  • fidatab (“dining table”)
  • fided (“dinner, lunch”)
  • fidedagefem (“table or dinner service”)
  • fidedastömem (“dinner tableware, dishes”)
  • fidedön (“to dine, have a meal”)
  • fidot (“something eaten, item eaten”)
  • fidovik (“edible, eatable”)
  • fidäd (“meal (in general”)
  • fidädakad (“menu (table d'hôte)”)
  • fidön (“to eat”)
  • fidüp (“mealtime”)

Welsh

Verb

fid

  1. soft mutation of bid

Mutation

Mutated forms of bid
radical soft nasal aspirate
bid fid mid unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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