gad

== Translingual == === Symbol === gad (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gaddang. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Gaddang terms == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡæd/ Rhymes: -æd === Etymology 1 === Euphemistic alteration of God. ==== Interjection ==== gad An exclamation roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake. ===== Derived terms ===== egads egad gadzooks === Etymology 2 === From Middle English gadden (“to hurry, to rush about”), of obscure origin. ==== Verb ==== gad (third-person singular simple present gads, present participle gadding, simple past and past participle gadded) (intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner. Synonym: gallivant 1903, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Part III, Chapter Fourth, page 123 So when he saw King Arthur he said: "Thou knave! Wherefore didst thou quit thy work to go a-gadding?" (of cattle) To run with the tail in the air, bent over the back, usually in an attempt to escape the warble fly. ===== Derived terms ===== gadabout gadder gaddishness ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== gad (plural gads) One who roams about idly; a gadabout. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English gade (“a fool, simpleton, rascal, scoundrel; bastard”), from Old English *gada (“fellow, companion, comrade, associate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadō, from Proto-Germanic *gadô, *gagadô (“companion, associate”), related to Proto-West Germanic *gaduling (“kinsman”). Cognate with Dutch gade (“spouse”), German Gatte (“male spouse, husband”). See also gadling. ==== Alternative forms ==== ged, gade ==== Noun ==== gad (plural gads) (Northern England, Scotland, derogatory) A greedy and/or stupid person. ==== References ==== The Dictionary of the Scots Language === Etymology 4 === From Middle English gad, gadde, borrowed from Old Norse gaddr (“goad, spike”), from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“spike, rod, stake”). Doublet of goad and yard. ==== Noun ==== gad (plural gads) (especially UK, US, dialect) A goad, a sharp-pointed rod for driving cattle, horses, etc, or one with a whip or thong on the end for the same purpose. Hyponym: goad 1684, Meriton, Praise Ale, l. 100, in 1851, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, The Yorkshire Anthology: A Collection of Ancient and Modern Ballads, Poems and Songs, Relating to the County of Yorkshire, page 71: Ist yoakes and bowes and gad and yoaksticks there? (UK, US, dialect) A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod. (especially mining) A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock; a pick. (obsolete) A metal bar. (dated, metallurgy) An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, sometimes equivalent to a bloom weighing around 100 pounds. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. Synonyms: gadling, spike ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === Baal-gad (etymologically unrelated) === References === “gad”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “gad”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “gad”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “gad”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === DAG, GDA, dag == Afar == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡad/ [ˈɡʌd] Hyphenation: gad === Noun === gád m (plural gadoowá f or gaditté f or gadoodá f) song sung poetry ==== Declension ==== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “gad”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[5], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis) == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊æˀð], [ˈɡ̊æðˀ] === Verb === gad past of gide == Fingallian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Irish gad. === Noun === gad withe 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"): == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French garde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡad/ === Noun === gad guard ==== Related terms ==== === Verb === gad alternative form of gade (“to watch”) === References === Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[6], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 73 == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɑd̪ˠ/, /ɡad̪ˠ/, (Cois Fharraige) [ɡaːd̪ˠ] === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish gat, from Proto-Celtic *gazdos, from late Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰasdʰos (“branch ~ spear, sharp spine”), a root also connected to Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“spike”), Latin hasta (“spear”). ==== Noun ==== gad m (genitive singular gaid, nominative plural gaid) withe string, rope, band ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Fingallian: gad === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish gataid (“to take away”). Doublet of goid. ==== Verb ==== gad (present analytic gadann, future analytic gadfaidh, verbal noun gad, past participle gadta) (ambitransitive, literary) take away, remove; snatch, carry off alternative form of goid (“to steal”) ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronoun ==== gad alternative form of cad === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “gad; gadaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 344 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “gad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “gad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Lower Sorbian == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *gadъ (“serpent”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡat/ === Noun === gad m anim (archaic) venomous snake, viper, adder ==== Declension ==== === Noun === gad m inan poison, venom ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “gad”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008 Starosta, Manfred (1999), “gad”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag == Middle English == === Alternative forms === gadd, gadde === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse gaddr, from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“spike, rod, stake”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡad/ === Noun === gad (plural gads) gad ==== Descendants ==== English: gad ==== References ==== “gad(de, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Navajo == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kàt/ === Noun === gad juniper, cedar (especially Juniperus deppeana) ==== Derived terms ==== gad diltáłii == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɑːd/ Rhymes: -ɑːd === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *gaidu, from Proto-Germanic *gaidwą. ==== Alternative forms ==== gǣd ==== Noun ==== gād n lack, want desire, need ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== *ǣgǣde === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *gaidu, from Proto-Germanic *gaidō. ==== Alternative forms ==== gaad ==== Noun ==== gād f point, tip spearhead or arrowhead spike, goad ===== Declension ===== Strong ō-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: gade, gode English: goad Scots: gade, gaid == Polish == === Alternative forms === gád (Przemyśl, Biecz, Żywiec) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gadъ. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -at Syllabification: gad Homophone: Gad === Noun === gad m animal (augmentative (dialectal) gadzisko, related adjective gadzi) reptile (cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia) (Podlachia, Kielce) synonym of drób ==== Declension ==== === Noun === gad m pers scoundrel (villain) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === gad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN gad in Polish dictionaries at PWN Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “gad”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 196 == Scots == === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Possibly from gaud (“a bar of iron; a rod”). Alternatively, compare Icelandic gaddr (“packed snow”). Attested from the 19th century. ==== Noun ==== gad (plural gads) a mass of ice === Etymology 2 === Unknown. Attested from the 20th century. Compare caddle, cad (“stones used to play the game of cherry pit”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic gad (“a twig, stick”). ==== Noun ==== gad (plural gads) a ball of wood or cork used to play shinty === See also === gads === References === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ɣat̪/, (before consonants) /ɣa d̪̊ə/ (Southern Hebridean, Skye) IPA(key): /ɡ̊at̪/, (before vowels) /ɡ̊at̪ʰ/ (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ɡ̊ɑt̪/ ==== Preposition ==== gad (+ dative, triggers lenition) you (informal singular, direct object) Bruidhinn nas labhaire, chan eil mi gad chluinntinn ceart. ― Speak louder, I don't hear you well. ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish gat, from Proto-Celtic *gazdo-, from late Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰasto- or *ǵʰasdʰo- (“branch ~ spear, sharp spine”), a root also connected to Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“spike”), Latin hasta (“spear”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ̊at̪/ ==== Noun ==== gad m (genitive singular gaid, plural gaid or gadan) withy, withe === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Conjunction ==== gad alternative form of ged === Mutation === === References === == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gadъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡâd/ === Noun === gȁd m anim (Cyrillic spelling га̏д) a repulsive person scoundrel cad asshole snake; lizard ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “gad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Somali == === Verb === gad to buy == Torres Strait Creole == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === gad (eastern dialect) an immature coconut ==== Usage notes ==== Gad or smol koknat is the third stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by giru (eastern dialect) or musu koknat (western dialect), and followed by kopespes. == Veps == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian гад (gad). === Noun === gad snake ==== Inflection ==== == Volapük == === Noun === gad (genitive gada, plural gads) garden ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “gad”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaːd/ Rhymes: -aːd === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== gad soft mutation of cad ==== Mutation ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== gadawa (colloquial) ==== Verb ==== gad (literary) second-person singular imperative of gadael ==== Mutation ==== == Western Apache == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kàt] === Noun === gad cedar or juniper tree, especially Juniperus deppeana. === References === 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.