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Definitions and meaning of gad

gad

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæd/
  • Rhymes: -æd

Etymology 1

Euphemistic alteration of God.

Interjection

gad

  1. An exclamation roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.
Derived terms
  • egads
  • egad

Etymology 2

From Middle English gadden (“to hurry, to rush about”).

Verb

gad (third-person singular simple present gads, present participle gadding, simple past and past participle gadded)

  1. (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?"
  2. (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)

  1. 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)

  1. (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)

  1. (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?
  2. (UK, US, dialect) A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod.
  3. (especially mining) A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.
  4. (obsolete) A metal bar.
  5. (dated, metallurgy) An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, sometimes equivalent to a bloom weighing around 100 pounds.
  6. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
    Synonyms: gadling, spike
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • Baal-gad (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • DAG, GDA, dag

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡad/ [ˈɡʌd]
  • Hyphenation: gad

Noun

gád m (plural gadoowá f or gaditté f or gadoodá f)

  1. song
  2. 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)‎[4], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊æˀð], [ˈɡ̊æðˀ]

Verb

gad

  1. past of gide

Fingallian

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish gad.

Noun

gad

  1. 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

  1. guard

Related terms

  • gadò
  • gadyen

Verb

gad

  1. alternative form of gade (“to watch”)

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)

  1. withe
  2. 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)

  1. (ambitransitive, literary) take away, remove; snatch, carry off
  2. alternative form of goid (“to steal”)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronoun

gad

  1. 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”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 344
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “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, 2013–2025

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gadъ (“serpent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡat/

Noun

gad m anim

  1. (archaic) venomous snake, viper, adder

Declension

Noun

gad m inan

  1. 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)

  1. 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

  1. juniper, cedar (especially Juniperus deppeana)

Derived terms

  • gad diltáłii

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑːd/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gaidu, from Proto-Germanic *gaidwą.

Alternative forms

  • gǣd

Noun

gād n

  1. lack, want
  2. 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

  1. point, tip
  2. spearhead or arrowhead
  3. 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)

  1. reptile (cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia)
  2. (Podlachia, Kielce) synonym of drób

Declension

Noun

gad m pers

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. a ball of wood or cork used to play shinty

See also

  • gads

References

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡ̊at̪/

Etymology 1

Pronoun

gad

  1. you (informal singular, direct object)
    Bruidhinn nas labhaire, chan eil mi gad chluinntinn ceart. ― Speak louder, I don't hear you well.
Usage notes
  • Lenites the following word.
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”).

Noun

gad m (genitive singular gaid, plural gaid or gadan)

  1. withy, withe

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Conjunction

gad

  1. alternative form of ged

Mutation

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gadъ.

Noun

gȁd m (Cyrillic spelling га̏д)

  1. a repulsive person
  2. scoundrel
  3. cad
  4. asshole
  5. snake; lizard

Declension

Somali

Verb

gad

  1. to buy

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

gad

  1. (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

  1. snake

Inflection

Volapük

Noun

gad (nominative plural gads)

  1. garden

Declension

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːd/
  • Rhymes: -aːd

Etymology 1

Noun

gad

  1. soft mutation of cad

Mutation

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • gadawa (colloquial)

Verb

gad

  1. (literary) second-person singular imperative of gadael

Mutation

Western Apache

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kàt]

Noun

gad

  1. cedar or juniper tree, especially Juniperus deppeana.

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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