amid
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English amidde, Old English on middan,[1] a- + mid.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪd
- IPA(key): /əˈmɪd/
Audio (US): (file)
Preposition
amid
- In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
- 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:
- At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.
- 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 141:
- The resulting social divisions can seem so "real" and "natural" to those living amid them that there is a strong tendency to believe that they are timeless biological or scientific facts, rather than social facts that have been assembled and built up through human effort.
- 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman[2]:
- Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.
- 2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC[3]:
- In Osaka, the big action scenes take place with arrows as well as swords, amid glass display cases holding samurai costumes, a classic Wick setting.
Derived terms
Translations
surrounded by
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See also
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “amid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2
Noun
amid (plural amids)
- Archaic form of amide.
Anagrams
Amis
Noun
amid
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒmid]
- Hyphenation: amid
- Rhymes: -id
Etymology 1
ami (“what”) + -d (possessive suffix)
Pronoun
amid
- second-person singular single-possession possessive of ami
- Értékeld azt, amid van! (informal) ― Appreciate what you have. (literally, “…that which you have”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amid | — |
| accusative | amidet | — |
| dative | amidnek | — |
| instrumental | amiddel | — |
| causal-final | amidért | — |
| translative | amiddé | — |
| terminative | amidig | — |
| essive-formal | amidként | — |
| essive-modal | amidül | — |
| inessive | amidben | — |
| superessive | amiden | — |
| adessive | amidnél | — |
| illative | amidbe | — |
| sublative | amidre | — |
| allative | amidhez | — |
| elative | amidből | — |
| delative | amidről | — |
| ablative | amidtől | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
amidé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
amidéi | — |
Etymology 2
From German Ammonie (“Am(monie)”) + -id (“-ide”, suffix referring to a chemical compound).[1]
Noun
amid (plural amidok)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amid | amidok |
| accusative | amidot | amidokat |
| dative | amidnak | amidoknak |
| instrumental | amiddal | amidokkal |
| causal-final | amidért | amidokért |
| translative | amiddá | amidokká |
| terminative | amidig | amidokig |
| essive-formal | amidként | amidokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | amidban | amidokban |
| superessive | amidon | amidokon |
| adessive | amidnál | amidoknál |
| illative | amidba | amidokba |
| sublative | amidra | amidokra |
| allative | amidhoz | amidokhoz |
| elative | amidból | amidokból |
| delative | amidról | amidokról |
| ablative | amidtól | amidoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
amidé | amidoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
amidéi | amidokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | amidom | amidjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | amidod | amidjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | amidja | amidjai |
| 1st person plural | amidunk | amidjaink |
| 2nd person plural | amidotok | amidjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | amidjuk | amidjaik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the shortening of ammoniakk + -id.
Noun
amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid or amider, definite plural amida or amidene)
Derived terms
References
- “amid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the shortening of ammoniakk + -id.
Noun
amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid, definite plural amida)
Derived terms
References
- “amid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; ultimately from New Latin am(mōniacum) + -id.[1][2] First attested in the 19th century.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.mit/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -amit
- Syllabification: a‧mid
Noun
amid m inan
- (organic chemistry) amide
- amid kwasu ― acid amide
- grupa amidów ― amide group
- zawierać amid ― to contain amide
Declension
Declension of amid
Derived terms
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amid”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
Further reading
- amid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32
Welsh
Etymology
Noun
amid m (plural amidau)
Derived terms
- -amid (suffix denoting a specific amide)
Related terms
- amin (“amine”)