vad
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvat]
Noun
vad
- genitive plural of vada
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vað, from Proto-Germanic *wadą (“shallow water, ford”), from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vad/, [vað]
- Rhymes: -ad
Noun
vad n (singular definite vadet, plural indefinite vad)
- (rare) ford (a crossing)
Inflection
neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vad | vadet | vad | vadene |
genitive | vads | vadets | vads | vadenes |
Synonyms
- vadested
Related terms
- vade ("wade")
Etymology 2
See vade (“to wade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaːd/, [væːˀð]
Verb
vad
- imperative of vade
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wamta (“forest”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɒd]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɒd
Adjective
vad (comparative vadabb, superlative legvadabb)
- wild, untamed
- uncontrolled, unregulated
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | vad | vadak |
accusative | vadat | vadakat |
dative | vadnak | vadaknak |
instrumental | vaddal | vadakkal |
causal-final | vadért | vadakért |
translative | vaddá | vadakká |
terminative | vadig | vadakig |
essive-formal | vadként | vadakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | vadban | vadakban |
superessive | vadon | vadakon |
adessive | vadnál | vadaknál |
illative | vadba | vadakba |
sublative | vadra | vadakra |
allative | vadhoz | vadakhoz |
elative | vadból | vadakból |
delative | vadról | vadakról |
ablative | vadtól | vadaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular | vadé | vadaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | vadéi | vadakéi |
Antonyms
- szelíd
Derived terms
- vadon
Noun
vad (plural vadak)
- game (wild animal)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | vad | vadak |
accusative | vadat | vadakat |
dative | vadnak | vadaknak |
instrumental | vaddal | vadakkal |
causal-final | vadért | vadakért |
translative | vaddá | vadakká |
terminative | vadig | vadakig |
essive-formal | vadként | vadakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | vadban | vadakban |
superessive | vadon | vadakon |
adessive | vadnál | vadaknál |
illative | vadba | vadakba |
sublative | vadra | vadakra |
allative | vadhoz | vadakhoz |
elative | vadból | vadakból |
delative | vadról | vadakról |
ablative | vadtól | vadaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular | vadé | vadaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | vadéi | vadakéi |
Possessive forms of vad | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | vadam | vadjaim |
2nd person sing. | vadad | vadjaid |
3rd person sing. | vadja | vadjai |
1st person plural | vadunk | vadjaink |
2nd person plural | vadatok | vadjaitok |
3rd person plural | vadjuk | vadjaik |
Derived terms
- vadas
- vadász
- vadonc
- vadóc
- dámvad
- fenevad
- vadállat
- vaddisznó
- vadember
- vadgalamb
- vadgerle
- vadgesztenye
- vadházasság
- vadkacsa
- vadkan
- vadkecske
- vadkörte
- vadmacska
- vadnyúl
- vadrózsa
- vadszeder
- vadtyúk
References
- Entry #1114 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- vad in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- vad in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
vad
- imperative of vade
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin vadum (“shallow, ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvad/
- Rhymes: -ad
Noun
vad n (plural vaduri)
- ford
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) vad | vadul | (niște) vaduri | vadurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) vad | vadului | (unor) vaduri | vadurilor |
vocative | vadule | vadurilor |
Related terms
- vădos
Swedish
Alternative forms
- hvad (pre-1906 spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑːd/, [vɒ̜ːd̪], (etymology 1 also) /vɑː/
audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish hvat, hvadh, from Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Closely related to German was and English what and cognates in other languages in the branch of Germanic languages. Other IE cognates are Latin qui, quae, quod and the derived words of its successors in the family of Romance languages.
Pronoun
vad n
- what
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish vaþ, væþ, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Cognate with Old English wedd.
Noun
vad n
- bet, wager
Declension
Declension of vad | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vad | vadet | vad | vaden |
Genitive | vads | vadets | vads | vadens |
Etymology 3
From Old Swedish vaþ, from Old Norse vað, from Proto-Germanic *wadą, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.
Noun
vad n
- a ford, a place for wading, short for vadställe
Declension
Declension of vad | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vad | vadet | vad | vaden |
Genitive | vads | vadets | vads | vadens |
Etymology 4
The form vad appeared around 1807, was earlier vada or vade, plural vador. Hellquist[1] is undecided concerning the origin:
- It might be Latin vatax, vatius, varus, pertaining to having bent feet.
- It might be Old Swedish vaþve, Icelandic vöðvi, Old Norse vǫðvi, Proto-Germanic *waþwô. (muscle)
- It might be Old Saxon watho, Old High German wado, German Wade.
Noun
vad c
- (anatomy) calf; the back side of the lower part of the leg.
Declension
Declension of vad | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vad | vaden | vader | vaderna |
Genitive | vads | vadens | vaders | vadernas |
Derived terms
- vadmuskel
Etymology 5
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
vad c
- a trawl
Declension
Declension of vad | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vad | vaden | vadar | vadarna |
Genitive | vads | vadens | vadars | vadarnas |
References
- vad 1 in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Further reading
- vad in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- adv.