Menapian nouns: haid

Etymology

From Middle Menapian haid, from Old Menapian hair, from Primitive Menapian air ("carnage; death; destruction"), from Proto-Bythonic aɨr ("battle; carnage"), from Proto-Celtic *agrom ("slaughter; battle"). Cognate with Irish ár ("slaughter"), Scottish Gaelic àr ("slaughter") and Manx haar ("slaughter"). Borrowed by Flemish as Haid, Dutch as Haid and Picard as Haid; all names for the personification of death.

haid

Pronunciation

• IPA: /haɪɾ/

Definition 1

Noun

f haid (plural, haid)

(uncountable)

1. death.
2. destruction, carnage.

Declension 1

Declension of haid

	Singular	Plural
definite	da haid	das haid
indefinite	uin haid	neck haid

Definition 2

Noun

f haid (plural, haire)

(countable)

1. a defeat, specifically in battle or a fighting game.

Derived terms

wrighaid

1. the long-term effects or the period after a destructive event, specifically when negative.

From Old Menapian wrig, after + Old Menapian haid, death.

Declension 2

Declension of haid

	Singular	Plural
definite	da haid	das haire
indefinite	uin haid	neck haire