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Borrowed from Welsh taid (“grandfather”).[1] Doublet of dad.

taid (plural taids)

  1. (North Wales) A grandfather.
    Synonym: tadcu (Southern)
    Coordinate term: nain
    • 2015 July 15, Lorna Doran, “The best places for kids to eat in Wales - as recommended by YOU”, in WalesOnline[1], archived from the original on 4 January 2018:
      Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams, dads, nains and taids of Wales to see where they go to treat their kids to some really good, tasty food.
  1. ^ taid, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

táid (Basahan spelling ᜆᜁᜇ᜔)

  1. (Naga) beside
    Synonym: taning

·taïd

  1. second-person plural progressive present indicative prototonic of at·tá

From Middle Low German tît, from Old Saxon tīd, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis.

taid m inan

  1. time

From Middle English tode.

taid (plural taids)

  1. toad

Compare Irish daid (“grandfather”).

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taid m (plural teidiau)

  1. (North Wales) grandfather
    Synonyms: hendad, tad-cu

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