thud

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθʌd/, enPR: thŭd' Rhymes: -ʌd === Noun === thud (plural thuds) The sound of a dull impact. A hard, dull impact. (BDSM) A slower, dull impact with a wide surface area. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (BDSM): sting, thump ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === thud (third-person singular simple present thuds, present participle thudding, simple past and past participle thudded) (intransitive) To make the sound of a dull impact. ==== Synonyms ==== (a dull sound, to make a dull sound): flump, plunk, crump ==== Coordinate terms ==== clang, clash, crash ==== Translations ==== == Middle Scots == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θʊd/ === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. Perhaps Onomatopoeic (compare etymology 2). ==== Noun ==== thud a blast or gust of wind a whirling motion accompanied by a loud noise, like a gust of wind a loud report or crack a blow, thump === Etymology 2 === Perhaps Onomatopoeic. Perhaps related to Middle English þudde. ==== Verb ==== thud to come or pass with a gust of turbulence and accompanying dull noise ===== Conjugation ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. === Further reading === “thud”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Romani == === Alternative forms === tood === Etymology === Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (duddha), from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdhá, “milk”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugʰ-tós, from *dʰewgʰ- (“to be productive”). Compare Hindi दूध (dūdh, “milk”) and Punjabi ਦੁੱਧ (duddha, “milk”). === Noun === thud m (nominative plural thuda) milk === References === === Further reading === Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[8], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39 Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o thud, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 364b Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “thud, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 156 == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /θɨːd/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /θiːd/ === Noun === thud aspirate mutation of tud === Mutation ===