lyd

See also: LYD, lýð-, and -lyd

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Lyd

Wikipedia ^da

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lyːd/, [lyðˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish liud, from Old Norse hljóð (“a sound”).

Noun

lyd c (singular definite lyden, plural indefinite lyde)

sound
noise

Inflection

Declension of lyd

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lyd	lyden	lyde	lydene
genitive	lyds	lydens	lydes	lydenes

Etymology 2

See lyde (“to sound”) or lyde (“to obey”).

Verb

lyd

imperative of lyde

Middle English

Noun

lyd

Alternative form of lid

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish lyd, from Old Norse hljóð (“a sound”).

Noun

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lyd or lyder, definite plural lydene)

sound

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýðr (“people”).

Noun

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lyder, definite plural lydene)

(a group of) people

Etymology 3

Verb

lyd

imperative of lyde

References

“lyd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

lyd

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Norwegian Bokmål lyd m (“a sound”), from Danish lyd, from Proto-Germanic *hleuþą, whence also Old Norse hljóð n and Norwegian Nynorsk ljod m or n.

Alternative forms

ljod m

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lyːd/

Noun

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lydar, definite plural lydane)

sound

Derived terms

Related terms

lyda, lyde (verb)

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

lyd

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Old Norse hljóð n (“a sound”) with i-mutation from the j (cf. sny from snjór). Influenced by Danish lyd in many areas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lyː/
(Volda) IPA^(key): /lyːd/

Noun

lyd m or n (definite singular lyden or lydet, indefinite plural lydar or lyd, definite plural lydane or lyda)

(dialectal) alternative form of ljod (“sound”)

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lýðr m (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz m or f, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis m (“people”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow (up)”). Germanic cognates include Icelandic lýður m, German Leute pl, Dutch lieden pl, and Old English lēod m. Indo-European cognates include Lithuanian liáudis f (“people”), Polish ludzie m pl, and Russian люди (ljudi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lyː/

Noun

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lydar, definite plural lydane)

(a group of) people

Derived terms

Related terms

lòden

Etymology 4

From Old Norse hljóðr (“silent, taciturn”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lyː/

Adjective

lyd (neuter lydt, definite singular and plural lyde, comparative lydare, indefinite superlative lydast, definite superlative lydaste)

Derived terms

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lyː/

Verb

lyd

imperative of lyda

References

“lyd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

lyd

imperative of lyda

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /lɨːd/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /liːd/
Homophone: lud (“soft mutation of llud (“glue; slime”)”)

Noun

lyd

Soft mutation of llyd (“passion”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of *llyd*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llyd	lyd	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.