zid

See also: zīd, žid, Žid, -zid, -ZID, and -zid-

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *zidъ. Compare Romanian zid, Aromanian zid.

Noun

zid m

1. (regional) wall

Synonyms

• mur
• ledh
• avulli

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Romanian zid, from a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *zidъ. Compare Aromanian zid.

Noun

zid n (plural zidur, definite singular zidu, definite plural zidurle)

1. wall

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-zɪ̀t/

Etymology 1

Noun

-zid

1. possessed form of sid (“scar”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *-zə̓t.

Cognates:

• Apachean: Western Apache -zig, -zhig, -zid, -zhid, Jicarilla -zi’, Lipan -zi
• Others: Tsuut’ina -zì’, Hupa -sit’, Mattole, -tsiʔł, Galice sa’ł, Chilcotin -ẑə́d, Slavey -ðé’, Hare -wé’, Dogrib -wò, -wò’, Dene Sųłiné -ðə́r, Dunneza -zə́d, -zə́t’, Central Tanana -ðed, Hän -ðʌ̀d, Ahtna -ze’d, Dena'ina -zət’, Eyak -saʰd

Noun

-zid (inalienable)

1. liver

Derived terms

• shizid (“my liver”)
• bizid (“her/his/their liver”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic зьдъ (zĭdŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zidъ.

Noun

zid n (plural ziduri)

1. wall (generally outside, as in the wall of a building)

   Synonym: perete

Declension

Declension of zid

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	zid	zidul		ziduri	zidurile
genitive-dative	zid	zidului		ziduri	zidurilor
vocative	zidule			zidurilor

Derived terms

• zidar
• zidărie

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zidъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źéidis, *źéidas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“knead clay, coat with loam”) via metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zîːd/

Noun

zȋd m (Cyrillic spelling зи̑д)

1. wall

   Berlinski zid ― the Berlin wall

Declension

Declension of zid

	singular	plural
nominative	zȋd	zȉdovi
genitive	zida	zȉdōvā/zidóvā
dative	zidu	zidovima
accusative	zid	zidove
vocative	zide	zidovi
locative	zidu	zidovima
instrumental	zidom	zidovima

Derived terms

• zidina (augmentative)

References

• “zid”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Alternative forms

• sid (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zidъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źéidis, *źéidas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“knead clay, coat with loam”) via metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zíːt/
• Rhymes: -iːt
• Hyphenation: zid

Noun

zȋd m inan

1. wall (structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area)

   Synonyms: zidišče, mir

2. (uncommon) wall (substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure)

   Synonyms: zidišče, stena, stenica

3. (figuratively) barrier to unity

   Synonyms: ovira, zapreka, bariera, jez, kitajski zid, opotika, opreka, ozko grlo, prepreka, spotika, tesno grlo, zavira

4. (Jaun valley dialect) fireplace^[→SLA]

   Synonym: ognjišče

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	zȋd
gen. sing.	zȋda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	zȋd	zidȏva	zidȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	zȋda	zidóv	zidóv
dative dajȃlnik	zȋdu, zȋdi	zidȏvoma, zidȏvama	zidȏvom, zȋdȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	zȋd	zidȏva	zidȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	zȋdu, zȋdi	zidȏvih	zidȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	zȋdom	zidȏvoma, zidȏvama	zidȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	zȋd	zidȏva	zidȏvi

• formal

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular
nom. sing.	zȋd
gen. sing.	zidȗ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	zȋd	zidȏva	zidȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	zidȗ	zidóv	zidóv
dative dajȃlnik	zȋdu, zȋdi	zidȏvoma, zidȏvama	zidȏvom, zȋdȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	zȋd	zidȏva	zidȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	zȋdu, zȋdi	zidȏvih	zidȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	zȋdom	zidȏvoma, zidȏvama	zidȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	zȋd	zidȏva	zidȏvi

Derived terms

• bled kot zid
• gluh kot zid
• govoriti zidu
• hoteti z glavo skozi zid
• kiklopski zid
• kitajski zid
• nadzídati
• nadzȋdək
• naleteti na zid
• nosilni zid
• ojačevalni zid
• oporni zid
• podporni zid
• polnilni zid
• postaviti pred zid
• pozídati
• prebiti zvočni zid
• prebledeti kot zid
• prezídati
• pritisniti ob zid
• prízidati
• prizȋdək
• riniti z glavo skozi zid
• sezídati
• sezidati visok zid
• suhi zid
• štirje zidovi
• vzídati
• zaleti se v zid
• zazidȃlən
• zazídati
• zidár
• zídati
• zidȃva
• zidȏvje

See also

• ograja (“fence”)
• stavba (“building”)
• soba (“room”)

Further reading

• “zid”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “zid”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Sumerian

Romanization

zid

1. Romanization of 𒍣 (zid)

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضِدّ (ḍidd). Compare Azerbaijani zidd (“opposite, opposing”)

Adjective

zid (comparative zidroq, superlative eng zid)

1. contrary, contradictory, conflicting