wid

See also: wið, wi'd, wįð, and Wid

English

Etymology

Variant of with.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wĭd, IPA(key): /wɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪd

Preposition

wid

  1. (regional) Pronunciation spelling of with.
    • 1893, Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets [1]
      “An’ wid all d’ bringin’ up she had, how could she?” moaningly she asked of her son. “Wid all d’ talkin’ wid her I did an’ d’ t’ings I tol’ her to remember. When a girl is bringed up d’ way I bringed up Maggie, how kin she go teh d’ devil?”
    • 1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape, [2]
      Oh, there was fine beautiful ships them days—clippers wid tall masts touching the sky—fine strong men in them—men that was sons of the sea as if ’twas the mother that bore them.
    • 1940, Shirley Graham, “It’s Morning,” in Black Female Playwrights, Kathy A Perkins ed. [3]
      Cissie. But, when da saints ob God go marchin’ home
      Mah gal will sing! Wid all da pure, bright stars,
      Tuhgedder wid da mawnin’ stars—She’ll sing!
    • 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
      What's wid you, wise guy?

Anagrams

Belizean Creole

Alternative forms

Preposition

wid

  1. with

References

  • Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 372.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English with.

Preposition

wid

  1. with
    • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 17:
      Evribadi av di rait fi uon prapati bai demself ar wid ada piipl.
      Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
      (literally, “Everybody have the right to own property by themselves or with other people.”)

Further reading

  • wid at majstro.com

Old English

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wīd, Old Saxon wīdo and Old Dutch wīdo, Old High German wīt, Old Norse víðr.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /wiːd/
    • Rhymes: -iːd

    Adjective

    wīd

    1. wide, far
      wīdcūþ ― widely known, famous
      wīdfæþme ― ample, far-reaching, extensive
      wīdmǣrsian ― to publish, widely proclaim
      • 10th century, The Whale:
        Ðonne sē mereweard mūð ontȳneð, wīde weleras; cymeð wynsum stenċ of his innoþe, þætte ōþre þurh þone sǣfisca cynn, beswicen weorðaþ, swimmað sundhwate þǣr sē swēta stenċ ūt ġewītað.
        Then the sea-ward opens mouth, wide lips; gleeful smell comes from his belly, so that through it, by one, sea-fish kind becomes misled, the quick-in-water swim where the sweet stench flies out.

    Declension

    Declension of wīd — Strong
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative wīd wīd wīd
    Accusative wīdne wīde wīd
    Genitive wīdes wīdre wīdes
    Dative wīdum wīdre wīdum
    Instrumental wīde wīdre wīde
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative wīde wīda, wīde wīd
    Accusative wīde wīda, wīde wīd
    Genitive wīdra wīdra wīdra
    Dative wīdum wīdum wīdum
    Instrumental wīdum wīdum wīdum
    Declension of wīd — Weak
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative wīda wīde wīde
    Accusative wīdan wīdan wīde
    Genitive wīdan wīdan wīdan
    Dative wīdan wīdan wīdan
    Instrumental wīdan wīdan wīdan
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative wīdan wīdan wīdan
    Accusative wīdan wīdan wīdan
    Genitive wīdra, wīdena wīdra, wīdena wīdra, wīdena
    Dative wīdum wīdum wīdum
    Instrumental wīdum wīdum wīdum

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle English: wid, wyd

    Polish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȋdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wéiˀdas, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyd-o-s, from *weyd- (“to see”). Cognate to Czech vid, Russian вид (vid) and Lithuanian véidas.

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /ˈvit/
    • Rhymes: -it
    • Syllabification: wid
    • Homophone: Wit

    Noun

    wid m animal

    1. (obsolete) apparition, phantom, spectre
      Synonyms: widmo, widziadło, zjawa, zwid

    Declension

    Declension of wid
    singular plural
    nominative wid widy
    genitive wida widów
    dative widowi widom
    accusative wida widy
    instrumental widem widami
    locative widzie widach
    vocative widzie widy

    Noun

    wid m inan

    1. (obsolete) appearance (the way something looks; personal presence)
      Synonyms: aparycja, powierzchowność, wygląd
    2. (Far Masovian, chiefly in set phrases) sight (information of someone's pressence detected by the eye)
      Coordinate term: słych
      Ani widu, ani slychu. ― (I) haven't seen or heard (it).

    Declension

    Declension of wid
    singular plural
    nominative wid widy
    genitive widu widów
    dative widowi widom
    accusative wid widy
    instrumental widem widami
    locative widzie widach
    vocative widzie widy

    Derived terms

    adverb
    • w pijackim widzie
    phrase
    • ani widu ani słychu
    adjectives
    nouns
    verbs

    Further reading

    • “wid”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish)
    • Antoni Waga (1860), “wid”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska‎[5] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 759
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