blid

See also: blíð

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• blidu

Etymology

From Common Slavic bljudŭ. Compare Romanian blid.

Noun

blid n (plural blidi or blide)

1. bowl, earthenware plate

Synonyms

• cãtsãn

Derived terms

• blidar
• blidãrii

See also

• pheat
• gãvanã
• sãcã
• vas

Cebuano

Etymology

Shortening of English razorblade.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: blid

Noun

blid

1. a razor blade

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbliðˀ/

Adjective

blid (neuter blidt, plural and definite singular attributive blide, comparative blidere, superlative (predicative) blidest, superlative (attributive) blideste)

1. gentle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse blíðr.

Adjective

blid (neuter blidt, definite singular and plural blide, comparative blidare, indefinite superlative blidast, definite superlative blidaste)

1. gentle
2. visibly happy

References

• “blid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic блюдо (bljudo), from Proto-Slavic *bľudo.

Noun

blid n (plural blide)

1. dish, bowl, container or receptacle for food

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	blid	blidul		blide	blidele
genitive-dative	blid	blidului		blide	blidelor
vocative	blidule			blidelor

See also

• strachină, vas

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bliþer, from Old Norse blíðr, from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (“mild; kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shine”). Cognate of Icelandic blíður, English blithe, and Dutch blij.

Adjective

blid (comparative blidare, superlative blidast)

1. (dated) mild, kind (when describing a person's temperament)

   hon såg på honom med blida ögon ― she looked upon him with kind eyes

2. (dated) mild, cold but not freezing (when describing weather)

Conjugation

Inflection of blid

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	blid	blidare	blidast
neuter singular	blitt	blidare	blidast
plural	blida	blidare	blidast
masculine plural2	blide	blidare	blidast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	blide	blidare	blidaste
all	blida	blidare	blidaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• oblid
• blidhet
• blidka
• blidväder

References

• blid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• blid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• blid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• blid in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• bild