# Eid
## English
### Etymology 1

From Arabic عِيد (ʕīd, “feast, holiday, festival”) via Persian عید ('eyd), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܥܐܕܐ.

#### Alternative forms

* 'Eid, 'eid, Id
* Eed (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iːd/
* Rhymes: -iːd

#### Noun

Eid (plural Eids)
* (Islam) Any of various Muslim religious festivals.

#### Proper noun

Eid (plural Eids)
* Ellipsis of Eid al-Fitr.

##### Derived terms

* Eid al-Adha
* Eid al-Fitr
* Eid Mubarak

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Norwegian Eid.

#### Proper noun

Eid
* Any of several areas in Norway
** A parish of Stad, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane borough, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway
** A parish of Kvinnherad, Sunnhordland district, Hordaland borough, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway
** A parish of Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Western Norway, Norway

##### Derived terms

* Eid and Voll
* Voll and Eid

##### Related terms

* Eid og Voll
* Eidsbygda
* Voll og Eid

### Etymology 3

From Scots Eid, from Old Norse Eið, from eið (“isthmus”).

#### Proper noun

Eid
* Synonym of Aith; A village in Mainland, Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

### Anagrams

* DEI, EDI, IED, Ide, DIE, IDE, ide, -ied, die, -ide

## East Central German
### Etymology

From Middle High German egede, from Old High German egida. Compare early modern German eide.

### Noun

Eid
* (Erzgebirgisch) harrow

#### Related terms

* eggen

### Further reading

* 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 37:

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German eit, from Old High German eid, from Proto-West Germanic *aiþ, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos. Compare Dutch eed, English oath, Danish ed.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɪ̯t/, [ʔäe̯t]
* Rhymes: -aɪ̯t
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Eid m (strong, genitive Eides or Eids, plural Eide)
* (especially official, law, politics, military) oath
    Synonyms: (especially religious) Gelübde; (especially private) Schwur

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Derived terms

* Eidgenosse

#### See also

* Versprechen

### Further reading

* “Eid” in Duden online
* “Eid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

### Anagrams

* die

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Proper noun

Eid
* Eid: A placename.
** A parish and former municipality of Stad, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane borough, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway
** A parish and former municipality of Kvinnherad, Sunnhordland district, Hordaland borough, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway
** A parish and former municipality of Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Western Norway, Norway

#### Derived terms

* Eid og Voll
* Voll og Eid

#### Related terms

* Eidsbygda

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From eid, from Old Norse eið (“isthmus”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛɪː(d)/

### Proper noun

Eid n
* Eid, a placename.
** A parish and former municipality of Stad, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
** A parish and former municipality of Kvinnherad, Sunnhordland district, Hordaland, Norway
** A parish and former municipality of Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

#### Derived terms

* Eid og Voll
* Eidsbygda
* Voll og Eid

## Plautdietsch
### Noun

Eid m (plural Eide)
* oath

## Scots
### Etymology

From Old Norse Eið, from eið (“isthmus”).

### Proper noun

Eid
* Aith (a village in Mainland, Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom)

#### Descendants

* English: Eid