perfid

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French perfide (“perfidious”), from Latin perfidus (“faitheless”).

Adjective

perfid

1. vicious, spiteful, malicious, sadistic, low-minded; snide, insinuating (in one's utterance about a person or matter)

   Hun skrev en perfid artikel om borgmesterens privatliv.

   She wrote a malicious article about the mayor's private life.

   Han blev perfid og sarkastisk, når han var i dårligt humør.

   He became viciously spiteful and sarcastic when he was in a bad mood.

2. (mostly older language) perfidious, manipulative

   Det var en perfid og løgnagtig påstand.

   It was a perfidious and mendacious claim.

Inflection

Inflection of perfid

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	perfid	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	perfidt	—	—2
plural	perfide	—	—2
definite attributive1	perfide	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

• ondskabsfuld, nederdrægtig, led, nedrig, nedladende; bagtalende, fornærmende, injurierende
• troløs, falsk; vildledende, manipulerende, fordrejende, forvrænget, lumsk

Related terms

• perfiditet

References

• “perfid” in Den Danske Ordbog

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Viennese German perfid, from French perfide (“perfidious”), from Latin perfidus (“faitheless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrfid]
• Rhymes: -id

Adjective

perfid (comparative perfidebb, superlative legperfidebb)

1. (archaic) perfidious

   Synonym: hitszegő

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	perfid	perfidek
accusative	perfidet	perfideket
dative	perfidnek	perfideknek
instrumental	perfiddel	perfidekkel
causal-final	perfidért	perfidekért
translative	perfiddé	perfidekké
terminative	perfidig	perfidekig
essive-formal	perfidként	perfidekként
essive-modal	perfidül	—
inessive	perfidben	perfidekben
superessive	perfiden	perfideken
adessive	perfidnél	perfideknél
illative	perfidbe	perfidekbe
sublative	perfidre	perfidekre
allative	perfidhez	perfidekhez
elative	perfidből	perfidekből
delative	perfidről	perfidekről
ablative	perfidtől	perfidektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	perfidé	perfideké
non-attributive possessive - plural	perfidéi	perfidekéi

Related terms

• perfídia

 

Further reading

• perfid in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French perfide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perˈfid/

Adjective

perfid m or n (feminine singular perfidă, masculine plural perfizi, feminine and neuter plural perfide)

1. perfidious

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	perfid		perfidă		perfizi	perfide
	definite	perfidul		perfida		perfizii	perfidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	perfid		perfide		perfizi	perfide
	definite	perfidului		perfidei		perfizilor	perfidelor

Further reading

• perfid in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)