zid

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *zidъ. Compare Romanian zid, Aromanian zid.^[1]

zid m

1. (regional) wall

• mur
• ledh
• avulli

From Romanian zid, from a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *zidъ. Compare Aromanian zid.

zid n (plural zidur, definite singular zidu, definite plural zidurle)

1. wall

• IPA^(key): /-zɪ̀t/

-zid

1. possessed form of sid (“scar”)

From Proto-Athabaskan *-zə̓t.

Cognates:

• Apachean: Western Apache -zig, -zhig, -zid, -zhid, Jicarilla -zi’, Lipan -zi
• Others: Tsuut’ina -zì’, Hupa -sit’, Mattole, -tsiʔł, Galice sa’ł, Chilcotin -ẑə́d, Slavey -ðé’, Hare -wé’, Dogrib -wò, -wò’, Dene Sųłiné -ðə́r, Dunneza -zə́d, -zə́t’, Central Tanana -ðed, Hän -ðʌ̀d, Ahtna -ze’d, Dena'ina -zət’, Eyak -saʰd

-zid (inalienable)

1. liver

• shizid (“my liver”)
• bizid (“her/his/their liver”)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic зьдъ (zĭdŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zidъ.

zid n (plural ziduri)

1. wall (generally outside, as in the wall of a building)

   Synonym: perete

• zidar
• zidărie

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zidъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źéidis, *źéidas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“knead clay, coat with loam”) via metathesis.

• IPA^(key): /zîːd/

zȋd m inan (Cyrillic spelling зи̑д)

1. wall

   Berlinski zid ― the Berlin wall

• zidina (augmentative)

• “zid”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• sid (Bohorič alphabet)

From Proto-Slavic *zidъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źéidis, *źéidas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“knead clay, coat with loam”) via metathesis.

• IPA^(key): /zíːt/
• Rhymes: -iːt
• Hyphenation: zid

zȋd m inan

1. wall (structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area)

   Synonyms: zidišče, mir

2. (uncommon) wall (substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure)

   Synonyms: zidišče, stena, stenica

3. (figuratively) barrier to unity

   Synonyms: ovira, zapreka, bariera, jez, kitajski zid, opotika, opreka, ozko grlo, prepreka, spotika, tesno grlo, zavira

4. (Jaun valley dialect) fireplace^[→SLA]

   Synonym: ognjišče

n=

• formal

n=

• ograja (“fence”)
• stavba (“building”)
• soba (“room”)

• “zid”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “zid”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

zid

1. romanization of 𒍣 (zid)

Borrowed from Arabic ضِدّ (ḍidd). Compare Azerbaijani zidd (“opposite, opposing”)

zid (comparative zidroq, superlative eng zid)

1. contrary, contradictory, conflicting