did

See also: Appendix:Variations of "did"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Didinga.

Symbol

did

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Didinga.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Didinga terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪd/

• Audio (Canada):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪd

Verb

did

1. simple past of do

   Jeez, did I make a mistake!

   I never did like her much.

   What did happen when the principal found out?

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 254:

     Then ſhe with liquors ſtrong his eies did ſteepe, / That nothing ſhould him haſtily awake […]

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 110:

     Monsieur Thuran became a frequent visitor at the home of Hazel Strong’s uncle in Cape Town. His attentions were very marked, but they were so punctiliously arranged to meet the girl’s every wish that she came to depend upon him more and more. Did she or her mother or a cousin require an escort—was there a little friendly service to be rendered, the genial and ubiquitous Monsieur Thuran was always available.

2. (nonstandard, especially Southern US, African-American Vernacular) past participle of do; done
   • 2008 March 1, Jody Miller, Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence‎^[1], NYU Press, →ISBN, page 140:

     […] But I don't care, I mean I don't even care. She shouldn't have did that."

   • 2010 October 10, Jeanette R Davidson, quoting Bea Jenkins, African American Studies‎^[2], Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 189:

     We have to take this brutality. We haven't did anything. Why?

   • 2013 June 12, “Shoulda Woulda” (track 16), in Project Baby‎^[3], performed by Kodak Black:

     I should've did […] Should've turned down, now I'm really on it. Should've, could've did. Would've could've did […] Ooh, I should've did em in.

   • 2014 May 6, Taylor Anderson, Deadly Shores‎^[4], Penguin, →ISBN, page 288:

     “Spanky—I mean, the exec, Mr. McFaarlane, say the number four gun has did for another cruiser, but they all gonna drown, aft, as much water as the screws is throwin' up!"

   • 2022, Nas, “Legit”, in King's Disease III:

     On my soul, this for my kids and the cold shit I done did

Derived terms

• aliensdidit
• evolutiondidit
• flooddidit
• FSMdidit
• goddidit
• Satandidit

Anagrams

• DDI, I/DD, IDD, ddI, idd

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish thiæt, from Old Norse þit.

Adverb

did

1. (archaic) thither, to there, towards that place

Synonyms

• dertil

Coordinate terms

• hid, der

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɪdʲ/

Noun

did f (genitive singular dide, nominative plural dideanna)

1. alternative form of dide (“teat, nipple”)

Declension

Declension of did (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative did dideanna vocative a dhid a dhideanna genitive dide dideanna dative did dideanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an did na dideanna genitive na dide na ndideanna dative leis an did don did leis na dideanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of did

radical	lenition	eclipsis
did	dhid	ndid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “did”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “did”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 240
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 81
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “did”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English did.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /did/

Particle

did

1. Marks the past tense.

   Im did wel rich. Nou im poor.

   He was very rich. Now he's poor.

   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 1:40:

     Saiman Piita did av wan breda niem Anju. Nou, Anju a did wan a Jan tuu falara dem we did fala Jiizas afta dem ier wa Jan did se bout im.

     Simon Peter had a brother named Andrew. Andrew was one of John's two followers that followed Jesus after hearing what John said about him.

Further reading

• did at majstro.com

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian dito, from Latin digitus.

Noun

did

1. finger

Middle English

Verb

did

1. (especially Late Middle English) alternative form of dide

Mokilese

Noun

did

1. wall

Verb

did

1. (intransitive) to make a wall

Derived terms

• didi

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[5], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 52

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronoun

did

1. obsolete spelling of de (“you (plural)”)

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dið, from Proto-Celtic *dīyos (“day”) (compare Old Irish día), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws, *dyew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨːð/

Noun

did m

1. day

Descendants

• Middle Welsh: dyð
  • Welsh: dydd

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ðiðe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taytay.

Noun

did

1. bridge
2. ladder

Derived terms

• melid (“to cross over on a bridge”)

References

• did in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• did in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• did in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 78.

Romagnol

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol) IPA^(key): [ˈdiːd]
  • (Ravenna) IPA^(key): [ˈdiːd]

Noun

did m (plural) (Ravenna)

1. finger

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• djȅd (Ijekavian)
• dȅda, dȅd (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dîd/

Noun

dȉd m anim (Cyrillic spelling ди̏д)

1. (Ikavian) grandfather

Declension

Declension of did

	singular	plural
nominative	dȉd	dìdovi/didi
genitive	dida	didova/dida
dative	didu	didovima/didima
accusative	dida	didove/dide
vocative	dide	didovi/didi
locative	didu	didovima/didima
instrumental	didom	didovima/didima

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Ikavian Serbo-Croatian did.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dîd/

Noun

did m

1. grandfather

Declension

Declension of did (anim series-1b masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	did	dida
genitive	dida	did, didi
dative	didu	didami, didi
accusative	did, dida	dida
locative	didu	dida
instrumental	didom, didam	didami, didi

References

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Ulithian

Noun

did

1. (sewing) needle

References

• Yap State Department of Education (2025), Yaar Yaelwich Dekseneeri Irel Yal'ool Yiuldiy [Children's Picture Dictionary In Ulithian]‎^[6] (in Ulithian and English), 1st edition, Auckland, New Zealand: Ultimo Global, page 15

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪd/

Verb

did

1. simple past of doone
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:

     Maade a nicest coolecannan that e'er ye did zee.

     Made the nicest coolecannan that ever you did see.

Derived terms

• didn'st

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94