wid

See also: wið, wi'd, wįð, and Wid

English

Etymology

Variant of with.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĭd, IPA^(key): /wɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• 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!

Related terms

• See with

Anagrams

• D.W.I., DWI, IWD, WDI, dwi-

Belizean Creole

Alternative forms

• wit

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/

Adjective

wīd

1. wide, far

   wīdcūþ ― widely known, famous

   wīdfæþme ― ample, far-reaching, extensive

   wīdmǣrsian ― to publish, widely proclaim

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

• wīdsīþ

Descendants

• Middle English: wid, wyd
  • English: wide
  • Scots: 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/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) 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

 

Related terms

adjectives

• widoczny
• widomy
• widzialny

 

nouns

• widownia
• widz

 

verbs

• widać
• widywać
• widzieć

 

Further reading

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