taid

See also: taið, táid, and täid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh taid (“grandfather”).

Noun

taid (plural taids)

1. (North Wales) A grandfather.

   Synonym: tadcu (Southern)

   Coordinate term: nain

   • 2015 July 15, Lorna Doran, “The best places for kids to eat in Wales - as recommended by YOU”, in WalesOnline‎^[1], archived from the original on 2018-01-04:

     Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams, dads, nains and taids of Wales to see where they go to treat their kids to some really good, tasty food.

See also

• mamgu

 

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧id
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔid/ [ˈta.ʔid̪]

Preposition

táid (Basahan spelling ᜆᜁᜇ᜔)

1. (Naga) beside

   Synonym: taning

Derived terms

• itaid
• kataid
• magtaid
• taidan

 

Old Irish

Verb

·taïd

1. second-person plural progressive present indicative prototonic of at·tá

Polabian

Etymology

From Middle Low German tît, from Old Saxon tīd, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtai̯t/

Noun

taid m inan

1. time

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English tode.

Noun

taid (plural taids)

1. toad

Welsh

Etymology

Compare Irish daid (“grandfather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tai̯d/
• Rhymes: -ai̯d

Noun

taid m (plural teidiau)

1. (North Wales) grandfather

   Synonyms: hendad, tad-cu

Usage notes

• The usual word for "grandfather" in the Welsh of South Wales is tad-cu.

Coordinate terms

• mam-gu (“grandmother”)
• nain (“grandmother”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of taid

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
taid	daid	nhaid	thaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “taid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies