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English

Etymology

From Middle English god, from Old English god (“deity”), originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto-West Germanic *god n, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from Proto-Indo-European *??utós (“invoked (one)”), from Proto-Indo-European *??ewH- (“to call, to invoke”) or *??ew- (“to pour”). Not related to the word good.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d/, /???d/
• (General American, Ireland) IPA^(key): /??d/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??d/, /???d/
• (Canada, Wales) IPA^(key): /???d/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /??d/
• enPR: g?d
• Homophone: gaud (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

god (plural gods)

1. A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:god
2. Alternative letter-case form of God.
3. An idol.
   1. A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
   2. Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.

      • whose god is their belly

4. (figuratively, slang) A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.

5. (figuratively) A person in a high position of authority, importance or influence.
6. (figuratively) A powerful ruler or tyrant.
7. (colloquial) An exceedingly handsome man.
   • a. 1918, Wilfred Owen, Disabled

     Someone had said he'd look a god in kilts.

8. (Internet, role-playing games) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.

Usage notes

The word god is often applied both to males and to females. The word was originally neuter in Proto-Germanic; monotheistic – notably Judeo-Christian – usage completely shifted the gender to masculine, necessitating the development of a feminine form, goddess. (In Old English the feminine gyden, as well as a more explicitly marked masculine goda, existed.)

Alternative forms

• gawd, Gawd, God

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: gado

Translations

See god/translations § Noun.

Proper noun

god

1. (very rare) Alternative form of God
   • 1530, William Tyndall, An aun?were vnto Syr Thomas Mores Dialogue in The whole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy Martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England, collected and compiled in one Tome togither, beyng before ?cattered, & now in Print here exhibited to the Church (1573), page 271/2:

     And ?uch is to beare y? names of god with cro??es betwene ech name about them.

   • 1900, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, "The Happy Man" in The Wild Knight and Other Poems:

     Golgotha's ghastly trinity—

     Three persons and one god.

Verb

god (third-person singular simple present gods, present participle godding, simple past and past participle godded)

1. (transitive) To idolize.
   • a. 1866, Edward Bulwer Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus".

     To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.

   • 2001, Conrad C. Fink, Sportswriting: The Lively Game, page 78

     "Godded him up" ... It's the fear of discerning journalists: Does coverage of athletic stars, on field and off, approach beatification of the living?

2. (transitive) To deify.
   • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe.

     Then got he bow and fhafts of gold and lead, / In which fo fell and puiflant he grew, / That Jove himfelfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.

   • 1951, Eric Voegelin, Dante Germino ed., The New Science of Politics: An Introduction (1987), page 125

     The superman marks the end of a road on which we find such figures as the "godded man" of English Reformation mystics

   • 1956, C. S. Lewis, Fritz Eichenberg, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, page 241

     "She is so lately godded that she is still a rather poor goddess, Stranger.

Translations

See also

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• Bosworth, Toller, "An Anglo Saxon Dictionary": http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/017298

Further reading

• god on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• god (word) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• DOG, Dog, dog

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish g?þær, gothær, from Old Norse góðr (“good”), from Proto-Germanic *g?daz. Cognate with English good and German gut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???o?ð], [???oð?], [???o?]
• Rhymes: -oð

Adjective

god (neuter godt, plural and definite singular attributive gode, comparative bedre, superlative (predicative) bedst, superlative (attributive) bedste)

1. good

References

• “god” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch god, from Old Dutch got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from the Proto-Indo-European *??utós (“invoked (one)”). Compare English and West Frisian god, German Gott, Danish gud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t/
• Rhymes: -?t
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): [??t]
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [x?t]

Noun

god m (plural goden, diminutive godje n, feminine godin)

1. god, deity

Derived terms

• afgod
• berggod
• God
• godbevinding
• godenbeeld
• godenbrood
• godendienst
• godendom
• godendrank
• godenleer
• godenspijs
• godgezang
• godheid
• godin
• godsakker
• godschalk
• godsdienst
• godsgebied
• godsgeheim
• godshuis
• godskind
• godslastering
• godsloochening
• godsnaam
• godvormig
• gut
• krijgsgod
• minnegod
• ongodisme

Gothic

Romanization

g?d

1. Romanization of ????????????

Low German

Alternative forms

• good, goot, got
• (in other dialects) gaud (comparative bäter, beter)
• (in other dialects) gut (comparative b?ter)
• (in other dialects) gud (comparative biäter), gutt (inflected gudd-)

Etymology

From Middle Low German gôt, from Old Saxon g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?t/, /???t/, /?o?t/

Adjective

god

1. (in some dialects) good (alternative spelling of goot)

Usage notes

• The comparative is bäter and the superlative is best.

Lower Sorbian

Noun

god

1. Superseded spelling of gód.

Middle Dutch

Noun

god m

1. Alternative spelling of got

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from Proto-Indo-European *??utós.

Alternative forms

• God, godd, godde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d/

Noun

god (plural goddes, genitive goddes)

1. A god or deity; a divine individual.
2. A person worshipped as a divinity.

Descendants

• English: god
• Scots: god
• Yola: gud

References

• “god, god, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-23.

Proper noun

god (genitive goddes, uncountable)

1. God (the deity of Abrahamic religions, especially the Christian God, considered to be Jesus Christ)

Related terms

• godfader
• godmoder

Descendants

• English: God
• Scots: God
• Yola: Gud

References

• god in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “god, god, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-23.

Etymology 2

From Old English g?d (“good”).

Adjective

god

1. Alternative form of good

Middle Low German

Adjective

god

1. Alternative spelling of gôt.

Noun

god

1. Alternative spelling of got.
2. Alternative spelling of gôt.

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-???t’.

Cognates:

• Apachean: Western Apache -god, Chiricahua -go’
• Others: Hupa -?ot’, Mattole -go??, Galice -g?ay’, Chilcotin -g???d, Slavey -gó’, Dogrib -gò, Chipewyan -gór, Sekani -g???de’, Beaver -g??d, Lower Tanana -g?d, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -?o’d, Dena'ina -??t’, Eyak -?u?d

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kòt], [k??òt]

Noun

-god (inalienable)

1. knee

Derived terms

• agod (“someone’s knee”)
• hagod (“one’s knee”)
• bigod (“his/her/their knee”)
• shigod (“my knee”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to join, to unite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?/, [????]

Adjective

god (neuter singular godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

1. good

Derived terms

References

• “god” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to join, to unite”). Akin to English good.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?/

Adjective

god (masculine and feminine god, neuter godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

1. good

Derived terms

References

• “god” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?d/

Adjective

g?d (comparative betera, superlative betst, adverb wel)

1. good

Declension

Derived terms

• g?dnes

Descendants

• Middle English: good, god
  • English: good
  • Scots: guid
  • Yola: gooude, gayde

Noun

g?d n

1. good (something good or good things collectively)

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?od/

Noun

god n or m

1. a god

Declension

neuter

masculine (influence of Christianity)

Derived terms

• godcund (“divine, godlike”)
• gyden (“goddess”)

Proper noun

god m

1. Alternative letter-case form of God.

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: god, God, godd, godde
  • English: god
  • Scots: god
  • Yola: gud

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz.

Adjective

g?d

1. good

Inflection

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: gud

• Saterland Frisian: goud
• West Frisian: goed

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to join, to unite”).

Compare Old English and West Frisian g?d, Old High German and Old Dutch guot, Old Norse góðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?d/

Adjective

g?d (comparative betiro, superlative betst)

1. good
   • Heliand, verse 363

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: gôt
  • German Low German: good
  • Low German: goot

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?d/

Noun

g?d n

1. goodness, benefit
   • Heliand, verse 1456

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: gôt
  • German Low German: Good
  • Low German: Goot

Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from the Proto-Indo-European *??utós (“invoked (one)”). Compare Old English god, Old Frisian god, Old High German got, Old Norse guð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d/

Noun

god n

1. god
   • Heliand, verse 326

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: got

Etymology 4

From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d/

Noun

god m

1. God, the Christian god
   • Heliand, verse 11

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: got

Romansch

Alternative forms

• guaud (Rumantsch Grischun)
• uaul, gòld (Sutsilvan)
• gôt (Surmiran)

Etymology

Of probable Germanic origin (compare German Wald, Dutch woud, English wold).

Noun

god m (plural gods)

1. (Puter, Vallader) forest

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *god?. Cognate with Slovene god, Old Church Slavonic ???? (god?), Russian ??? (god).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ô?d/

Noun

g?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. name day
2. anniversary, holiday
3. ring (on a tree)

Declension

Particle

god (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. generalization particle

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *god?. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian god, Old Church Slavonic ???? (god?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ó?t/

Noun

g??d m inan

1. name day

Inflection

Further reading

• “god”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish g?þer, from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to join, to unite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?d/, (colloquial) /?u?/

Adjective

god (comparative godare or bättre, superlative godast or bäst)

1. good (not evil), kind
2. good (in taste)

3. (somewhat dated) good (not bad), fine, useful

Declension

Antonyms

• (not evil): elak, ond
• (tasting): äcklig, illasmakande
• (not bad): dålig

Derived terms

• god dag

Anagrams

• dog

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from Proto-Indo-European *??utós.

Noun

god c (plural goaden, diminutive godsje)

1. god, deity

Further reading

• “God”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, from Aramaic ????/???? (?abb??, “father”); see abbot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.?/, /æ?b?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æb.?/, /æ?b?/
• Rhymes: -æb?

Noun

abba (plural abbas)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

abba (plural abbas)

1. Alternative form of aba

References

Anagrams

• AABB, baba

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *?ab-, from a nursery word. Cognates include Somali aabo and Hebrew ???? (’ab?’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?b?/
• Hyphenation: ab?ba

Noun

abbá m (plural abbobtí f or abboobí f)

1. father
2. chief
3. director

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “abba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN
• Enid M. Parker (2006) English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, ?ISBN, page vi
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 113

Afrikaans

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ba/

Verb

abba (present abba, present participle abbaende, past participle geabba)

1. (transitive) to carry on one's back

Corsican

Noun

abba f

1. Alternative form of apa

Gothic

Romanization

abba

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Hungarian

Etymology

az (“that”) +? -ba (“into”). The z of the demonstrative pronoun assimilates with the -b of the suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??b??]
• Hyphenation: ab?ba

Pronoun

abba

1. illative singular of az

Usage notes

It points to the inside of an object that is farther away from the speaker. Its opposite pair is ebbe which points to the inside of an object close to the speaker.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin abba, from Ancient Greek ???? (abba), from Aramaic ????/???? (?abb??, “father”). Doublet of abate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab.ba/
• Rhymes: -abba
• Hyphenation: àb?ba

Noun

abba m (singular only)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) abba

Related terms

• abate

References

• abba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ???? (abba), from Aramaic ????/???? (?abb??, “father”), whence also Late Latin abb?s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ab.ba/, [?äb?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ab.ba/, [??b??]

Noun

abba m (indeclinable)

1. father

   Synonym: pater

Descendants

• ? Italian: abba
• Norwegian Bokmål: abba

References

• abba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• abba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (??, happa).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [?pp??], (enunciated) [?p? p??]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /?æp?p?æ?/
• Bender phonemes: {habbah}

Noun

abba (construct form abbain)

1. (alienable) dynamite

Synonyms

• bo?kutan?

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abba (“father”), from Ancient Greek ???? (abba, “father, title of respect given to abbots”), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father, teacher, ancestor, leader”), from Proto-Semitic *?abw- (“father”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *?ab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Doublet of abbed and abbé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab?a/
• Rhymes: -ab?a
• Hyphenation: ab?ba

Noun

abba

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Abba or Father (when speaking directly with God through prayer)

References

• “abba” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abba” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• baba

Nyunga

Interjection

abba

1. g'day

References

• 2011, Bindon, P. and Chadwick, R. (compilers and editors), A Nyoongar Wordlist: from the south-west of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum (Welshpool, WA), 2nd ed.

Old Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abba.

Noun

abba m

1. abbot

Inflection

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *ak??, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ek?eh?. Compare Romanian ap?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab.ba/

Noun

abba f (plural abbas)

1. water
2. (by extension) rain

   Synonym: proja