-ed

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ed"

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (in verbs, past participles, and some denominal adjectives):
    • (after a vowel or a voiced consonant other than a /d/) enPR: d, IPA(key): /d/
    • (after a voiceless consonant other than a /t/) enPR: t, IPA(key): /t/
    • (after a /d/ or /t/) same as below
  • (other denominal adjectives, archaic or poetic elsewhere):
    • (UK) enPR: ĭd, IPA(key): /ɪd/
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (US) enPR: ĭd, IPA(key): /ɪd/ or enPR: əd, IPA(key): /əd/
    • (General Australian) enPR: əd, IPA(key): /əd/

Etymology 1

    From Middle English -ede, -eden, from Old English -ode, -odon (class 2 weak past ending), from Proto-Germanic *-ōd-, *-ōdēdun. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -ede (-ed, first person singular past indicative ending), Low German -de (-ed, first and third person singular past indicative ending), Dutch -d (-ed), German -t (-ed), Swedish -ade (-ed), Icelandic -aði (-ed).

    Suffix

    -ed

    1. Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.
      live + ‎-ed → ‎lived
      Once upon a time a little princess lived with her mother in a lonely castle.
      Jose phoned five minutes ago.
    Translations

    Etymology 2

      From Middle English -ed, from Old English -od (class 2 weak past participle), from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -ed.

      Suffix

      -ed

      1. Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.
        point + ‎-ed → ‎pointed
        He has pointed at the dog.
        There's the abandoned mineshaft.
      Translations

      Etymology 3

        From Middle English -ed, from Old English -od (adjective suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos. While identical in appearance to the past participle of class 2 weak verbs, this suffix was attached directly to nouns without any intervening verb. Cognate with Latin -ātus (whence also a doublet -ate).

        Suffix

        -ed

        1. Used to form possessional adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.
          Antonym: -less
          point + ‎-ed → ‎pointed
          horn + ‎-ed → ‎horned
          hoof + ‎-ed → ‎hooved
          chagrin + ‎-ed → ‎chagrined
        2. As an extension of the above, used to form possessional adjectives from adjective-noun pairs.
          red + ‎hair + ‎-ed → ‎red-haired
          left + ‎hand + ‎-ed → ‎left-handed
          two + ‎prong(s) + ‎-ed → ‎two-pronged
        Derived terms
        English terms suffixed with -ed
        Translations

        See also

        Anagrams

        Breton

        Etymology

        Cognate to Cornish -es.

        Suffix

        -ed

        1. Suffix denoting plural of certain nouns
          kazhez (female cat) + ‎-ed → ‎kazhezed (female cats)

        Derived terms

        German

        Etymology

        Borrowed from English -ed (past participle suffix).

        Suffix

        -ed (sometimes proscribed)

        1. alternative form of -t used in verbs borrowed from English:
          1. To form past participles.
            downloaden + ‎-ed → ‎gedownloaded
          2. (nonstandard) To form the third-person singular.
            bashen + ‎-ed → ‎sie bashed

        Hungarian

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [ɛd]
        • Rhymes: -ɛd

        Etymology 1

        From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -d (possessive suffix).

        Suffix

        -ed

        1. (possessive suffix) your (second-person singular, single possession)
          kert (garden) + ‎-ed → ‎kerted (your (singular, informal) garden)
          Megbízol engem a kerted gondozásával?Will you entrust me with the care of your garden?
        Usage notes
        • (possessive suffix) Variants:
          -d is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
          -ad is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
          -od is added to the other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
          -ed is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
          -öd is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

        Etymology 2

        From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -d (personal suffix).

        Suffix

        -ed

        1. (personal suffix) Forms the definite second-person singular indicative present of verbs.
          fest (to paint) + ‎-ed → ‎fested (you paint [him/her/it], you are painting [him/her/it])
          Mikor fested a kerítést?When do you paint the fence?
        Usage notes
        • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.

        Etymology 3

        From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -d (fraction-forming and verb-forming suffix).

        Suffix

        -ed

        1. (fraction-forming suffix) -th (added to a cardinal number to form a fraction)
          ezer (thousand) + ‎-ed → ‎ezred (thousandth)
        2. (frequentative verb-forming suffix) Added to a stem to form a verb to indicate repetitive action. No longer productive.
          szenved (to suffer)
        Usage notes
        • (fraction-forming suffix) Variants:
          -d is added to words ending in a vowel
          -ad is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
          -od is added to some other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
          -ed is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
          -öd is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
        • (frequentative suffix) Variants:
          -d is found only in a few words as an obscured suffix
          mond (to say, tell), kezd (to begin)
          -od is added to back-vowel words
          tapod (to tread on something)
          -ad is added to back-vowel words
          -ed is added to unrounded front-vowel words
          szenved (to suffer)
          -öd is added to rounded front-vowel words
          bököd (to repeatedly poke at something)
        Derived terms
        Hungarian fractional numbers suffixed with -ed

        See also

        • Category:Hungarian noun forms
        • Category:Hungarian verb forms
        • Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes
        • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

        Ido

        Etymology

        From French -ée, Italian -ata, Spanish -ada, ultimately from Latin -atus.

        Suffix

        -ed

        1. contents of, -ful.
          manuo (hand) + ‎-ed → ‎manuedo (handful)

        Derived terms

        Category Ido terms suffixed with -ed not found

        Middle English

        Etymology 1

          Suffix

          -ed

          1. Forms the past participle of weak verbs.
          Alternative forms

          Etymology 2

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. alternative form of -hede

            References

            Old English

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ed/

            Etymology 1

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. Used to form the past participle of class I weak verbs
              fremman (to perform) + ‎-ed → ‎fremed (performed)

            Etymology 2

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. alternative form of -od
              æppel (apple) + ‎-ed → ‎æppled (apple-shaped)

            Old Irish

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /eð/

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. slender form of -ad

            Spanish

            Etymology

            From Latin -ēte (second-person plural present active imperative ending of second conjugation verbs).

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. used to form the informal second-person plural imperative mood of -er verbs
              comer (to eat) + ‎-ed → ‎¡Comed! (Eat!)

            Swedish

            Suffix

            -ed c

            Examples
            1. (place-names) path between or along water
              Synonym: -eda

            See also

            • ed (isthmus)

            Welsh

            Etymology 1

            From Proto-Brythonic *-hed, from Proto-Celtic *-isetos.

            Pronunciation

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. Forms an equative of an adjective of one or two syllables.
              gwan (weak) + ‎-ed → ‎gwanned (as weak)
              rhad (cheap) + ‎-ed → ‎rhated (as cheap)
              cynt (faster, earlier, sooner) + ‎-ed → ‎cynted (as fast, as early, as soon)
            Usage notes

            Causes fortition of final voiced consonant of adjectival roots.

            Etymology 2

            Reduced form of -fed. Cognate with Cornish -es.

            Pronunciation

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. Used to form the ordinal forms of five and six.
              Synonyms: -edd, -fed, -ydd
              pump (five) + ‎-ed → ‎pumed (fifth)
              chwech (six) + ‎-ed → ‎chweched (sixth)

            Etymology 3

            Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis or Proto-Indo-European *-tus.[1]

            Pronunciation

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. Used to form verbal nouns.
              cerdd- (to walk, stem) + ‎-ed → ‎cerdded (to walk, verbal noun)
              clyw- (to hear, stem) + ‎-ed → ‎clywed (to hear, verbal noun)

            Etymology 4

            Cognate with Cornish -es.

            Pronunciation

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. Used to form nouns.
              colli (to lose) + ‎-ed → ‎colled (loss)
              sych (dry) + ‎-ed → ‎syched (thirst)
              cymuno (to take communion, to communicate) + ‎-ed → ‎cymuned (community)

            Etymology 5

            Pronunciation

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. Used to form plural nouns.
              Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys
              pryf (bug, insect) + ‎-ed → ‎pryfed (bugs, insects)
              merch (girl) + ‎-ed → ‎merched (girls)
            Usage notes

            -ed is only used in the above two plural forms in Modern Welsh.

            Etymology 6

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ɛd/

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. (literary) verb suffix for the third-person singular imperative

            Etymology 7

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ɛd/

            Suffix

            -ed

            1. (literary) verb suffix for the third-person singular imperative
              Synonyms: -pwyd, -wyd
            Usage notes
            • Rare in Modern Welsh with a few verbs creating an alternative secondary form.
            ganwyd, ganedwas born, one bore
            trowyd, troedwas turned, one turned
            cafwyd, caedwas had, one had
            daethpwyd, deuwyd, doedone came

            Derived terms

            References

            1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 203 iii 8

            Further reading

            R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “-ed”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies