Eid

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/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -iːd
    • Homophone: Eade

    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

      Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål Eid.

      Proper noun

      Eid

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

      Etymology 3

        Borrowed from Scots Eid, borrowed from Old Norse Eið.

        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

        • Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), 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] (in German), 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. Compare Dutch eed, English oath, Danish ed.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /aɪ̯t/, [ʔäe̯t]
        • Rhymes: -aɪ̯t
        • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(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
          einen Eid leistento take an oath
          einen Eid schwörento swear an oath

        Declension

        Hyponyms

        Derived terms

        • beeiden
        • eidbrüchig

        See also

        Further reading

        • Eid” in Duden online
        • Eid”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)

        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