spad

== English == === Etymology 1 === Shortening of special adviser. ==== Alternative forms ==== SpAd, SpAD ==== Noun ==== spad (plural spads) (UK politics, informal) A government adviser, often in a political or media role. 2012, Avoid The Thick of It-style spad appointments, ministers told, The Guardian: The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== spad (plural spads) (mining) A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== spad (plural spads) Clipping of spadona/spadone. === Anagrams === DAPs, daps, PADS, pads, APDs, PDAs, APDS, ASPD, SaPD == Bavarian == === Alternative forms === spåd === Etymology === From Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic *spēdiz. Cognate with German spät. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃb̥aːd̥/ === Adjective === spad (comperative spada) late == Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъpadъ. By surface analysis, s +‎ pád (“fall”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈspat] === Noun === spad m inan fallout ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “spad”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “spad”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === spad imperative of spada == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъpadъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from spadać. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspat/ Rhymes: -at Syllabification: spad === Noun === spad m inan (printing) bleed windfall (fallen nut or fruit) (collective) fallen nuts or fruit slope, gradient ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “spad”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “spad”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === Possibly related to spaid (“spade”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sbad/ === Verb === spad (past spad, future spadaidh, verbal noun spadadh, past participle spadte) to flatten to floor, to knock down to kill ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “spad” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish spadh, from Old Norse spað, ultimately from the root of spänna (“to tighten, pull”). Cognate with Icelandic spað and Danish spad. === Noun === spad n (cooking) broth, decoction (water that something has been boiled in (whether used as an ingredient or not)) (colloquial, usually in the shortened definite form "spat") lake- or seawater, drink ==== Usage notes ==== Colloquial sense often used in the abbreviated definite singular form spat, for example hoppa i spat ("jump in the water") or trilla i spat ("fall in the water"). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== klart som korvspad ==== See also ==== buljong fond === References === “spad”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “spad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “spad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) spad in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)