said
English
Etymology
From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sĕd, IPA(key): /sɛd/
- (dialectical, New Zealand) enPR: sād, IPA(key): /seɪd/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛd
Adjective
said (not comparable)
- Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
- The said party has denied the charges.
- 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90, words written by Scott:
- How nicely we could manage without the said railway, now the great hobby of our Teviotdale lairds, if we could by any process of conjuration waft to Abbotsford some of the coal and lime from Lochore...
Translations
mentioned earlier
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Determiner
said
- Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
- Said party has denied the charges.
Translations
mentioned earlier
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References
- Bingham, Caleb (1808) “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, in The Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book […] , 12th edition, Boston: Manning & Loring, →OCLC, page 75.
Estonian
Verb
said
- inflection of saama:
- second-person singular past indicative
- third-person plural past indicative
Middle English
Verb
said
- Alternative form of seide
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 39, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 78, lines 32–35:
- god thanke your hyhenes ſaid Balen / your bounte and hyhenes may no man preyſe half to the valewe / but at this tyme I muſt nedes departe / byſechyng yow alwey of your good grace /
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Romansch
Etymology
From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈʔid/, [sɐˈʔid]
- Hyphenation: sa‧id
Derived terms
- kasairan
- magsaid
- masaid
- masairan
- pagsaid
- sairin
- sumaid
Noun
saíd (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜁᜇ᜔)
- consumption of everything on hand
- Synonyms: ubos, pag-ubos, pagkaubos
- state of having nothing left
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