gads

== English == === Noun === gads plural of gad === Verb === gads third-person singular simple present indicative of gad === Anagrams === S.D. Ga., dags == Latvian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰodʰ-, o-grade of *gʰedʰ- (“to unify, to match”) (whence also gadīties, q.v.). The semantic evolution of the term probably went from “matching, appropriate” > “appropriate, determined, specific time (period)” > “(church) holiday” > “sequence of church holidays in a year” > “year”. Since this evolution parallels that of Russian год (god), there may also have been Russian influence on the meaning changes of Latvian gads. Cognates include Latgalian gods, Lithuanian gadýnė (“time, period”) (< Belarusian гадзі́на (hadzína)), Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ, “suitable time, holiday, year”), Russian, Belarusian год (god, “year”), Upper Sorbian hod, hody (“winter holidays”), Czech hod (“church holiday”), Polish gody (“wedding feast, wedding”), Serbo-Croatian gȏd (“name day, important holiday”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡat͡s] === Noun === gads m (1st declension) year nākamais gads ― next year gada māte ― mother of the year ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gadsimts nākamgad, nākošgad, šogad, togad === References === == Scots == === Etymology 1 === See gad ==== Noun ==== gads plural of gad === Etymology 2 === From God, originally used as an oath or curse word and later expanded to a general expression of disgust. ==== Alternative forms ==== gaad, gawds, gyad, gyaad ==== Interjection ==== gads an expression of disgust === References ===