amid
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English
Etymology 1
Middle English amidde, Old English on middan, a- + mid.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Preposition
amid
- In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
- 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:
- At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.
- 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 141:
- The resulting social divisions can seem so "real" and "natural" to those living amid them that there is a strong tendency to believe that they are timeless biological or scientific facts, rather than social facts that have been assembled and built up through human effort.
Derived terms
Translations
surrounded by
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See also
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “amid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2
Noun
amid (plural amids)
Anagrams
Amis
Noun
amid
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
ami (“what”) + -d (possessive suffix)
Pronoun
amid
- second-person singular single-possession possessive of ami
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | amid | — |
| accusative | amidet | — |
| dative | amidnek | — |
| instrumental | amiddel | — |
| causal-final | amidért | — |
| translative | amiddé | — |
| terminative | amidig | — |
| essive-formal | amidként | — |
| essive-modal | amidül | — |
| inessive | amidben | — |
| superessive | amiden | — |
| adessive | amidnél | — |
| illative | amidbe | — |
| sublative | amidre | — |
| allative | amidhez | — |
| elative | amidből | — |
| delative | amidről | — |
| ablative | amidtől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
amidé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
amidéi | — |
Etymology 2
From German Ammonie (“Am(monie)”) + -id (“-ide”, suffix referring to a chemical compound).
Noun
amid (plural amidok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | amid | amidok |
| accusative | amidot | amidokat |
| dative | amidnak | amidoknak |
| instrumental | amiddal | amidokkal |
| causal-final | amidért | amidokért |
| translative | amiddá | amidokká |
| terminative | amidig | amidokig |
| essive-formal | amidként | amidokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | amidban | amidokban |
| superessive | amidon | amidokon |
| adessive | amidnál | amidoknál |
| illative | amidba | amidokba |
| sublative | amidra | amidokra |
| allative | amidhoz | amidokhoz |
| elative | amidból | amidokból |
| delative | amidról | amidokról |
| ablative | amidtól | amidoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
amidé | amidoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
amidéi | amidokéi |
| Possessive forms of amid | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | amidom | amidjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | amidod | amidjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | amidja | amidjai |
| 1st person plural | amidunk | amidjaink |
| 2nd person plural | amidotok | amidjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | amidjuk | amidjaik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the shortening of ammoniakk + -id.
Noun
amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid or amider, definite plural amida or amidene)
Derived terms
References
- “amid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the shortening of ammoniakk + -id.
Noun
amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid, definite plural amida)
Derived terms
References
- “amid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; ultimately from New Latin am(mōniacum) + -id. First attested in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
amid m inan
- (organic chemistry) amide
- amid kwasu ― acid amide
- grupa amidów ― amide group
- zawierać amid ― to contain amide
Declension
Declension of amid
Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amid”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
Further reading
- amid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32
Welsh
Etymology
Noun
amid m (plural amidau)
Derived terms
- -amid (suffix denoting a specific amide)
Related terms
- amin (“amine”)