вид

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vit]

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vidъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wéiˀdas, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos, from *weyd-.

Etymology 2

From sense 1 as a calque of Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “species”), a cognate with the Bulgarian word, or respectively Latin speciēs (“appearance”).

Anagrams

• див (div)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vidъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wéiˀdas, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos, from *weyd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vit]
• Homophone: вит (vit)
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

вид • (vid) m (plural видови, relational adjective виден or видски)

1. (uncountable) sight (ability)
2. type, kind, sort
3. (grammar) aspect
4. form, shape

Alternative forms

• (East Sakhalin) вивит (vivit)
• (Amur) видь (vid̦)
• (South Sakhalin) ўинт (wint)

Etymology

Proto-Nivkh *wi- "to go".

Pronunciation

Verb

вид (vid)

1. (East Sakhalin) to go (of a person)

Alternative forms

• видъ (vid) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic видъ (vidŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vidъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wéiˀdas, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos, from *weyd-.

Cognate with Lithuanian veidas (“face”), Latvian veids (“form, shape”), Sanskrit वेद (veda, “knowledge”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬛𐬀𐬵- (vaēdah-, “possession”), Latin videō (“to see”), Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”), Old Irish fíad, Welsh gŵydd (“presence”) (from Proto-Celtic *weido-), and Old English witan (whence English wit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲit]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

вид • (vid) m inan (genitive ви́да, nominative plural ви́ды, genitive plural ви́дов, relational adjective видово́й, diminutive видо́к)

1. look, looks, appearance, air
2. sight, view

   при ви́де ([with genitive]) ― pri víde ― at the sight (of)

   на виду́ у ([with genitive]) ― na vidú u ― in sight; visible to

   с ви́ду ― s vídu ― by sight; judging from appearance

   э́то ви́дом не ви́дано ― éto vídom ne vídano ― never seen before (literally, “that hasn't been seen by sight”)

   э́то хорошо́ на вид ― éto xorošó na vid ― "that looks fine"

3. kind, sort, species

   Аку́лы быва́ют пять ви́дов: ребёнок, ма́ма, па́па, ба́бушка и де́душка.

   Akúly byvájut pjatʹ vídov: rebjónok, máma, pápa, bábuška i déduška.

   Sharks come in five kinds: child, mom, dad, grandma, and grandpa.

4. form

   в пи́сьменном ви́де ― v písʹmennom víde ― in written form

   в пре́жнем ви́де ― v préžnem víde ― in previous form

   в ви́де ([with genitive]) ― v víde ― in the form of; by way of

5. (grammar) aspect

   соверше́нный вид ― soveršénnyj vid ― perfective aspect

   несоверше́нный вид ― nesoveršénnyj vid ― imperfective aspect

   многокра́тный вид ― mnogokrátnyj vid ― iterative aspect

   однокра́тный вид ― odnokrátnyj vid ― semelfactive aspect

   аористи́ческий вид ― aoristíčeskij vid ― aorist aspect

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vidъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wéiˀdas, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos, from *weyd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîːd/

Noun

ви̑д m (Latin spelling vȋd)

1. eyesight
2. (grammar) aspect
3. type, kind (of, +genitive)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic видъ (vidŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vidъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wéiˀdas, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos, from *weyd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋɪd]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

вид • (vyd) m inan (genitive ви́ду, nominative plural ви́ди, genitive plural ви́дів)

1. kind, sort
2. (taxonomy) species
3. (grammar) aspect

   доко́наний вид ― dokónanyj vyd ― perfective aspect

   недоко́наний вид ― nedokónanyj vyd ― imperfective aspect

Noun

вид • (vyd) m inan (genitive ви́ду, nominative plural ви́ди, genitive plural ви́дів)

1. face
2. appearance, look, view
3. (archaic) landscape

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вид”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “вид”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN