leid

See also: Leid and leið

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier leed, from Middle English lede, reduced form of leden, leoden (language), from Old English lēoden (national language", literally, "of the people), from Old English lēode (people). More at lede.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːd/, /leːd/

Noun

leid (plural leids)

  1. (Scotland, chiefly poetic) language

Usage notes

  • Commonly understood language, either literally or metaphorically:
    A daena speak the leid.

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛi̯t/
  • Homophones: lijd, leidt

Verb

leid

  1. first-person singular present indicative of leiden
  2. imperative of leiden

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German leit from Old High German leid, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, whence also English loathe and Old Norse leiðr. From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyt- (unpleasant; to loathe, transgress) whence also Latin laedō (strike, betray).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɪ̯t/

Adjective

leid (comparative leider, superlative am leidesten)

  1. (obsolete outside of fixed expressions) distressing, uncomfortable

Usage notes

  • Now only used with sein, werden, haben, and as part of the verb leidtun.
  • The spelling leid tun was used before the 1996 spelling reform, which replaced it with the spelling Leid tun. In 2004 the alternative form leidtun was added to this, and in 2006 the first reform spelling Leid tun became proscribed. The reasoning for the now prescribed lowercase spelling in the official spelling rules is however incorrect because leid in leidtun and es tut mir/ihm etc. leid is not a form of the noun Leid that has "mostly lost the characteristics of a noun".[1][2]

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Rechtschreibung: Tut mir leid oder Leid?
  2. § 34(3) of the official rules:
    • As of 2004: "§ 34 Partikeln (Präpositionen, Adverbien), Adjektive oder Substantive können als Verbzusatz mit Verben trennbare Zusammensetzungen bilden. Man schreibt sie nur im Infinitiv, im Partizip I und im Partizip II sowie im Nebensatz bei Endstellung des Verbs zusammen. Der Verbzusatz trägt den Hauptakzent.
      Dies betrifft
      [...]
      (3) Zusammensetzungen aus (teilweise auch verblasstem) Substantiv + Verb mit den folgenden ersten Bestandteilen: [...] leid- leidtun (nach § 55(4) auch: Leid tun) [...]"
    • As of 2006 and 2011: "§ 34 Partikeln, Adjektive, Substantive oder Verben können als Verbzusatz mit Verben trennbare Zusammensetzungen bilden. Man schreibt sie nur in den Infinitiven, den Partizipien sowie im Nebensatz bei Endstellung des Verbs zusammen.
      Dies betrifft
      [...]
      (3) Zusammensetzungen mit einem substantivischen ersten Bestandteil. Dabei handelt es sich um folgende Fälle, bei denen die ersten Bestandteile die Eigenschaften selbständiger Substantive weitgehend verloren haben: [...] leidtun [...]"

Further reading

  • leid in Duden online

Irish

Noun

leid f (genitive singular leide, nominative plural leideanna)

  1. hint, inkling
  2. prompt
  3. pointer, clue

Declension

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

leid

  1. past participle of leie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

leid f (definite singular leida, indefinite plural leider, definite plural leidene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by lei

Adjective

leid (masculine and feminine leid, neuter leidt, definite singular and plural leide, comparative leidare, indefinite superlative leidast, definite superlative leidaste)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by lei

Verb

leid

  1. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of leida

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, whence also Old English lāþ, Old Norse leiðr.

Adjective

leid

  1. uncomfortable

Descendants


Scots

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːd/, /leːd/

Etymology 1

From earlier leed, from Middle English lede, reduced form of leden, leoden (language), from Old English lēoden (national language", literally, "of the people), from Old English lēode (people). More at lede.

Alternative forms

Noun

leid (plural leids)

  1. language
Usage notes
  • Commonly understood language, either literally or metaphorically:
    A daena speak the leid.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lede, leed, from Old English lēad (lead (the metal)). More at lead.

Noun

leid (plural leids)

  1. lead
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