different between gads vs mads

English

Noun

gads

1. plural of gad

Verb

gads

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gad

Anagrams

• S.D. Ga., dags

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *gad-, from Proto-Indo-European *g?od-, o-grade of *g?ed- (“to unify, to match”) (whence also gad?ties, 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 ??? (god), there may also have been Russian influence on the meaning changes of Latvian gads. Cognates include Lithuanian gadýn? (“time, period”) (< Belarusian ???????? (hadzína)), Old Church Slavonic ???? (god?, “suitable time, holiday, year”), Russian, Belarusian ??? (god, “year”), Upper Sorbian hod, hody (“winter holidays”), Czech hod (“church holiday”), Polish gody (“wedding feast, wedding”), Serbo-Croatian g?d (“name day, important holiday”).

Noun

gads m (1st declension)

1. year

Declension

Derived terms

• gadsimts
• n?kamgad, n?košgad, šogad, togad

References

Scots

Interjection

gads

1. Expression of disgust

English

Verb

mads

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mad

Anagrams

• ADMs, DMSA, MDAs, SDMA, dams

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu. Cognates include Latvian medus and Lithuanian medus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mats/

Noun

mads m (diminutive mede?š)

1. honey

Declension

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, ?ISBN, page 22