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luid

luid

Dutch

Adjective

luid (comparative luider, superlative luidst)

  1. loud
Inflection
Inflection of luid
uninflected luid
inflected luide
comparative luider
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial luid luider het luidst
het luidste
indefinite m./f. sing. luide luidere luidste
n. sing. luid luider luidste
plural luide luidere luidste
definite luide luidere luidste
partitive luids luiders

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch luut.

Noun

luid m (plural luiden, diminutive luidje n)

  1. sound
  2. content

Etymology 3

Verb

luid

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

Estonian

Noun

luid

  1. Partitive plural form of luu.

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hljóð (sound), from Proto-Germanic *hleuþą (sound), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewe- (to hear). Cognate with Danish lyd (sound), Swedish ljud (sound). More at loude.

Noun

luid (plural luids)

  1. A Sound; noise; tone.
  2. The sound or intonation of the voice.
  3. A low indistinct sound.
  4. A whimper; moan; a peevish complaint.
  5. A humour; mood; state or frame of mind.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hljóða (to sound).

Verb

luid (third-person singular present luids, present participle luidin, past luidt, past participle luidt)

  1. (intransitive) To whimper; chatter; prate; talk incessantly.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

luid f (genitive singular luide, plural luidean)

  1. rag, tatter
  2. (pejorative) ****, sloven, trollop