"midas" meaning in All languages combined

See midas on Wiktionary

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} midas
  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of medir Tags: form-of, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive Form of: medir
    Sense id: en-midas-gl-verb-aYE4F6NJ Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Phrygian]

IPA: /midas/ (note: Old Phrygian, c. 800–330 BCE)
Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Hittite 𒈪𒄿𒋫𒀸 (mītaš, “reddish”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁y- (“to mince, to twist”). Compare the cognates listed at Proto-Slavic *mědь (“copper”). Etymology templates: {{bor|xpg|hit|𒈪𒄿𒋫𒀸|t=reddish|tr=mītaš}} Hittite 𒈪𒄿𒋫𒀸 (mītaš, “reddish”), {{der|xpg|ine-pro|*(s)meh₁y-||to mince, to twist}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁y- (“to mince, to twist”), {{cog|sla-pro|*mědь|t=copper}} Proto-Slavic *mědь (“copper”) Head templates: {{head|xpg|noun|g=m}} midas m, {{tlb|xpg|old}} (Old Phrygian) Inflection templates: {{xpg-old-decl-noun-a-m|dat_sg=midai|nom_sg=midas|stem=mid}}, {{xpg-decl-noun-table|acc_pl=*midais|acc_sg=*midān|dat_pl=*midāis|dat_sg=midai|gen_pl=*?|gen_sg=*midavo|info=a-stem, masculine (Old Phrygian)|nom_pl=*midai|nom_sg=midas}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], midas [nominative, singular], midai [nominative, plural], midavo [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], midai [dative, singular], midāis [dative, plural], midān [accusative, singular], midais [accusative, plural]
  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Midas Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Names

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} midas
  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of medir Tags: form-of, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive Form of: medir
    Sense id: en-midas-es-verb-aYE4F6NJ Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header
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      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "medir"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular present subjunctive of medir"
      ],
      "id": "en-midas-gl-verb-aYE4F6NJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "medir",
          "medir#Galician"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "midas"
}

{
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "Mídas",
          "word": "Μίδας"
        },
        {
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              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
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            },
            {
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              "lang_code": "pl",
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              ],
              "word": "Midas"
            }
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          "lang_code": "la",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
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              "lang_code": "en",
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          "lang_code": "la",
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            "borrowed"
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          "word": "Mida"
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        "tr": "mītaš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒈪𒄿𒋫𒀸 (mītaš, “reddish”)",
      "name": "bor"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*(s)meh₁y-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to mince, to twist"
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*mědь",
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  "forms": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "xpg-old-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "links": [
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          "midas",
          ":midas#Phrygian"
        ]
      ],
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midavo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midai",
      "links": [
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          "midai",
          ":midai#Phrygian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midāis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpg",
        "2": "old"
      },
      "expansion": "(Old Phrygian)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "dat_sg": "midai",
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        "gen_sg": "*midavo",
        "info": "a-stem, masculine (Old Phrygian)",
        "nom_pl": "*midai",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "xpg",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Phrygian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Phrygian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "orig": "xpg:Names",
          "parents": [
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          ],
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            [
              0,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "Midas engraved this […]",
          "ref": "Obrador-Cursach, Bartomeu (2020), The Phrygian Language (Handbook of Oriental Studies), volume 139, Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 428",
          "text": "midas / s=materan / tvemes eneparkes /[…]",
          "translation": "Midas engraved this […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "[…] to Midas, commander and king",
          "ref": "Šorgo, Aljoša (2026), A historical grammar of Phrygian (PhD thesis), Leiden: Leiden University, →DOI, pages 579, 276",
          "text": "[…]midai lavagtaei vanaktei edaes",
          "translation": "[…] to Midas, commander and king",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "a male given name, equivalent to English Midas"
      ],
      "id": "en-midas-xpg-noun-cElKGp5z",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Midas",
          "Midas#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/midas/",
      "note": "Old Phrygian, c. 800–330 BCE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "midas"
}

{
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "midas",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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          "word": "medir"
        }
      ],
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        "second-person singular present subjunctive of medir"
      ],
      "id": "en-midas-es-verb-aYE4F6NJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "medir",
          "medir#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "midas"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "midas",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
        "Galician non-lemma forms",
        "Galician verb forms",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular present subjunctive of medir"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medir",
          "medir#Galician"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "midas"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "Mídas",
          "word": "Μίδας"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "Midas"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Polish",
              "lang_code": "pl",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "Midas"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Midās"
        },
        {
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              "lang_code": "en",
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                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "Midas"
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            {
              "lang": "Polish",
              "lang_code": "pl",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "Midas"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Mida"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "Mídas",
      "word": "Μίδας"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "xpg",
        "2": "hit",
        "3": "𒈪𒄿𒋫𒀸",
        "t": "reddish",
        "tr": "mītaš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒈪𒄿𒋫𒀸 (mītaš, “reddish”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpg",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)meh₁y-",
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        "5": "to mince, to twist"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
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        "t": "copper"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *mědь (“copper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly borrowed from Hittite 𒈪𒄿𒋫𒀸 (mītaš, “reddish”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁y- (“to mince, to twist”). Compare the cognates listed at Proto-Slavic *mědь (“copper”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xpg-old-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midas",
      "links": [
        [
          "midas",
          ":midas#Phrygian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midavo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midai",
      "links": [
        [
          "midai",
          ":midai#Phrygian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midāis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "midais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpg",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "midas m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpg",
        "2": "old"
      },
      "expansion": "(Old Phrygian)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "dat_sg": "midai",
        "nom_sg": "midas",
        "stem": "mid"
      },
      "name": "xpg-old-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_pl": "*midais",
        "acc_sg": "*midān",
        "dat_pl": "*midāis",
        "dat_sg": "midai",
        "gen_pl": "*?",
        "gen_sg": "*midavo",
        "info": "a-stem, masculine (Old Phrygian)",
        "nom_pl": "*midai",
        "nom_sg": "midas"
      },
      "name": "xpg-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Phrygian",
  "lang_code": "xpg",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Phrygian",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Phrygian a-stem nouns",
        "Phrygian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Phrygian given names",
        "Phrygian lemmas",
        "Phrygian male given names",
        "Phrygian masculine nouns",
        "Phrygian nouns",
        "Phrygian terms borrowed from Hittite",
        "Phrygian terms derived from Hittite",
        "Phrygian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Phrygian terms with quotations",
        "xpg:Names"
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "Midas engraved this […]",
          "ref": "Obrador-Cursach, Bartomeu (2020), The Phrygian Language (Handbook of Oriental Studies), volume 139, Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 428",
          "text": "midas / s=materan / tvemes eneparkes /[…]",
          "translation": "Midas engraved this […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "[…] to Midas, commander and king",
          "ref": "Šorgo, Aljoša (2026), A historical grammar of Phrygian (PhD thesis), Leiden: Leiden University, →DOI, pages 579, 276",
          "text": "[…]midai lavagtaei vanaktei edaes",
          "translation": "[…] to Midas, commander and king",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, equivalent to English Midas"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Midas",
          "Midas#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/midas/",
      "note": "Old Phrygian, c. 800–330 BCE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "midas"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "midas",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "medir"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular present subjunctive of medir"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medir",
          "medir#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "midas"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.