blida

== Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbliðɐ] === Noun === blida f (plural blidas) alternative form of belida (“cataract”) === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “blida”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Latin == === Etymology === According to Niermeyer, from Byzantine Greek βάλις, βάλιδος (bális, bálidos), related to Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”). Attested in Latin since the 13th century. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbliː.da] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbliː.da] The pronunciation with a long -ī- is at least attested in Marrasio Giovanni (c. 1400-1452), Carmina varia 1.28, in an elegiac couplet (Scorpĭŏ, funda, arcus, tormentum, blīdă, săgittae, / Hasta, ărĭēs, jăculum, pīlă, măcēra văcant). === Noun === blīda f (genitive blīdae); first declension (Medieval Latin) a trebuchet, catapult === Declension === First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Middle Dutch: blide Dutch: blijde → Middle High German: blīde German: Blide, Bleide → Middle Low German: blîde → Danish: blide → Swedish: blida === Further reading === Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “blīda”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 100 R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “blida”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbli.da/ Rhymes: -ida Syllabification: bli‧da === Noun === blida inflection of blido: genitive singular nominative/accusative plural == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish blidha, borrowed (likely through Middle Low German blîde) from Medieval Latin blida. Ultimately from Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbliːˌda/ === Noun === blida c a trebuchet Synonym: kastmaskin ==== Declension ==== === References === blida in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === bilda