ed
English
Etymology
Shortening.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛd
Synonyms
- (education): educ.
Translations
See also
- come ed (etymologically unrelated)
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Chinese
Pronunciation
Particle
ed
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) Used to denote an action which has been completed.
- 覆ed [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― fuk1 dat4 [Jyutping] ― replied
- fol ed [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― fo1 dat4 [Jyutping] ― followed
- J ed [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― zei1 dat4 [Jyutping] ― jerked off; wanked off
Usage notes
Often used with words derived from English or spelled in the Latin alphabet.
Synonyms
- 咗 (zo2)
See also
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish ēþ, eth, from Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -edˀ
Noun
Declension
Synonyms
- (pledge): løfte (“promise”) (carries less weight)
- (curse): bandeord (“curseword”), forbandelse
References
- “ed” in Den Danske Ordbog
Girirra
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.d‿/
Conjunction
ed
Jamaican Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ed/
Noun
ed (plural ed dem, quantified ed)
- head (part of the body)
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 6:17:
- Wen unu kip we fram fuud fi worship Gad, ail unu ed an wash unu fies man,
- But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
- head (leader)
- Synonym: liida
Marshallese
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eð/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *id, cognate with Latin id.
Pronoun
ed n
- it
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 17c7
- Is ed as·berat ind heretic.
- It is what the heretics say.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 17c7
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Sassarese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ed/
Conjunction
ed
- Alternative form of e, found before a vowel
- 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 11, page 10:
- Allora lu diaulu lu lassesi solu: ed eccu chi l’agnili si accultesini, e lu silviani.
- [original: Allora il Diavolo lo laſciò: ed ecco, che ſe gli accoſtarono gli Angeli, e lo ſervivano.]
- [Allora il Diavolo lo lasciò: ed ecco, che se gli accostarono gli Angeli, e lo servivano.]
- Then the Devil left him alone. And then the angels approached him, and served him.
- c. 19th century, anonymous, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2, Cagliari, song 15, page 87:
- Dunca lu megliu è
Tu pensa a la to’ pazi, ed eju a me.- So the best [thing] is: you think about your own peace, and I [think] about myself.
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Ed è subbidu buggiu [And it's suddenly night]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 169:
- Sobr’a la terra è dugnunu a la sora
infiraddu da un raggiu di sòri:
ed è subbidu buggiu.- Everyone is alone on Earth, pierced by a ray of sunshine: and it's suddenly night.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːd/
audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish ēþer, from Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos.
Declension
Declension of ed | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ed | eden | eder | ederna |
Genitive | eds | edens | eders | edernas |
Derived terms
- edsvuren
- gå ed på
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish ēþ, from Old Norse eið, from Proto-Germanic *aidiją, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Norwegian eid, Icelandic eið, and Faroese eið.
Noun
ed n
Declension
Declension of ed | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ed | edet | eden | edena |
Genitive | eds | edets | edens | edenas |
Synonyms
- båtdrag
- mårka
See also
- -ed (“path along water”)