haide

haide

1. genitive plural of hai

• haida
• aida, aide

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هایده (hayde), هایدی (haydi). First attested in 1675.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaj.de/

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haide

1. come on, c'mon
   • 1675, Miron Costin, Letopisețul Țărîi Moldovei de la Aaron Vodă încoace, chapter 20, section 22:

     Cum le‑au spus capetele sfatul, cum au început a striga toți în toate părțile: „Haida, haida, la ei, la ei”.

     As soon as the leaders gave them news, they all began to shout all over: "Let’s go, let’s go, to them, to them".

2. let's ...
   • 1927, Panait Istrati, Mihail:

     Haide să-l căutăm pe Mihail.

     Let’s look for Mihail.

The word may be reinterpreted as an imperative‐only verb, with the second‐person plural form haideți and the first‐person ("cohortative") plural haidem.

• (come on): hai, vino
• (let’s): hai

• hai
• haidem, haideți
• haida de

• haide in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)