wäide

See also: Waide

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wertha, from Proto-West Germanic *werþan. Cognates include West Frisian wurde and German werden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛɪ̯də/
  • Hyphenation: wäi‧de

Verb

wäide

  1. (copulative) to become
  2. (transitive) to achieve
  3. (intransitive) to succeed
  4. (auxiliary) Used to form the imperfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wäide (irregular)
grúundfoarme wäide
infinitive tou wäiden
present past
singular iek wäide wuud
du wädst wuust
hie/ju/dät wädt wuud
plural wäide wuden
imperative
singular wäide
plural wäidet
present past
participle wäidend wuden
auxiliary verb weze

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “wäide”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN