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Webster 1913 Edition
Cid
Cid
,Noun.
[Sp., fr. Ar.
seid
lord.] 1.
Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.
2.
An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz.
Definition 2024
Cid
Cid
Spanish
Alternative forms
- Çid (archaic)
Proper noun
Cid m
- Lord, Master
- Knight
- Rodrigo Díaz, better known as El Cid ("the Lord" or "the Master"). Also called just Cid or Campeador, a famous Castilian knight born in Vivar, Spain.
cid
cid
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid (compare *kʷis); compare Latin quid, Cornish pyth, Welsh pa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʲið/
Pronoun
cid
- (interrogative) what?
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c22
- Ro·cluinethar cách in fogur et nícon·ḟitir cid as·beir.
- Everyone hears the sound and does not know what it says.
- Ro·cluinethar cách in fogur et nícon·ḟitir cid as·beir.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c22
Related terms
Descendants
- Irish: cad
- Scottish Gaelic: ciod
- Manx: quoid
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cid | chid | cid pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||