smid

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch smid, from Middle Dutch smit, from Old Dutch *smith, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smət/
  • (file)

Noun

smid (plural smede)

  1. A smith.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smit, from Old Dutch *smith, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

smid m (plural smeden, diminutive smidje n)

  1. A smith, who forges metal.
  2. The tree frog species Boana faber, whose call resounds like a smith's hammer coming down.


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Descendants

Maltese

Root
s-m-d
2 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِيذ (samīḏ).

Pronunciation

Noun

smid m (plural smejjed)

  1. semolina

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smiþ.

Noun

smid m

  1. blacksmith

Declension

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References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Romanian

Noun

smid n (plural smiduri)

  1. Alternative form of smidă

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *smiddi- (an opening of the mouth), perhaps from the same ultimate source as smèid (smile).

Pronunciation

Noun

smid f (genitive singular smide, plural smidean)

  1. A word.
  2. A syllable.

Usage notes

  • Today used especially in the following phrase:
    cha tuirt e smid - he didn't say a word, he didn't utter a syllable

Synonyms

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “smid”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Swedish

Verb

smid

  1. imperative of smida