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Webster 1913 Edition


Seid

Seid

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Noun.
[Ar
seyid
prince.]
A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali.

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Seid

Seid

See also: seid, SEID, séid, and sèid

Luxembourgish

Noun

Seid f (uncountable)

  1. silk

Plautdietsch

Noun

Seid f (plural Seide)

  1. string (of a musical instrument)
  2. machine pulley belt

seid

seid

See also: Seid, SEID, séid, and sèid

German

Verb

seid

  1. Second-person plural present of sein.
    • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
      Wer seid ihr, die ihr mir unfreundlich den Schlaf von den Augen schüttelt?
      Who are ye that thus rudely banish slumber from my eyes?
  2. Imperative plural of sein.
    • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
      Armselige Mäuse, die gleich verzweifeln, wenn der Hausherr eine neue Katze anschafft! Nur ein bißchen anders; aber wir treiben unser Wesen vor wie nach, seid nur ruhig.
      Poor mice! The master of the house procures a new cat, and ye are straight in despair! The difference is very trifling; we shall get on as we did before, only be quiet.

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) said
  • (Sursilvan) seit
  • (Sutsilvan) set

Etymology

From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (perishing, decrease).

Noun

seid f

  1. (Surmiran) thirst

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

seid f (genitive singular seide, plural seidean or seideachan)

  1. tympany, swelling of the body from flatulence
  2. swelling in a person from luxurious living and deep potations
    Nach ann a tha 'n t-seid! ― How the fellow is puffed up!
  3. full meal
  4. bellyful, surfeit
    Fhuair e a sheid. ― He got his fill.
  5. bed spread on the floor, palette, shakedown
    'na luidhe air seid ― sleeping on a pallet
    seid luachrach ― a bed of rushes
  6. truss of hay, grass or straw
    sop as gach seid ― a wisp from every truss
  7. bench or form to sit on made of grass or heath
  8. voluptuousness
  9. load

Usage notes

Some authorities give séid for the meanings bed, truss and bench.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9