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lad
English
Etymology
From Middle English ladde (“foot soldier, servant; male commoner; boy”), probably of North Germanic origin, possibly from Old Norse ladd (“hose, woolen stocking; sock”), undergoing semantic shift to mean a foolish youth, youngster of lower social status; thence by connotative amelioration coming to mean any young fellow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læd/
- (unstressed, sometimes) (rare) IPA(key): /l?d/
- Rhymes: -æd
Noun
lad (plural lads)
- (Britain) A boy or young man.
- Coordinate term: lass
- (Britain) A Jack the lad; a boyo.
- Coordinate term: ladette
- A familiar term of address for a young man.
- A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad).
- Synonym: stable boy
- (Ireland, colloquial) The penis.
Usage notes
Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.
Derived terms
- ladhood
- signal lad
Related terms
Translations
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
Further reading
- lad at The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
- lad in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “lad”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- ADL, DAL, DLA, Dal, LDA, dal
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lat]
Noun
lad
- genitive plural of lado
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hlað (“heap, stack”)
Adjective
lad
- languid, lazy, indolent
Inflection
Noun
lad n (singular definite ladet, plural indefinite lad)
- bed (platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled), eg. truckbed
Inflection
Verb
lad
- imperative of lade
German
Verb
lad
- singular imperative of laden
Middle English
Noun
lad
- Alternative form of ladde
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
lad
- imperative of lade
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??d/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *laid?. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið. Akin to l?þan (“to go, travel, fare”).
Noun
l?d f
- way, course
- passage, watercourse, lode
- carrying, bringing, leading
- provision, sustenance
Declension
Descendants
- English: load; lode
Etymology 2
Akin to Old Frisian l?de, l?de.
Noun
l?d f
- excuse
- exoneration, exculpation
Declension
Derived terms
- l?dian
- werl?d
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lat/
Noun
lad f
- genitive plural of lada
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan) lo
Etymology
From Latin l?tus.
Adjective
lad m (feminine singular lada, masculine plural lads, feminine plural ladas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) wide, broad
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) lartg
- (Puter, Vallader) larg
Scots
Alternative forms
- laddie - most common usage
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *laid?. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið. Akin to l?þan (“to go, travel, fare”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lad/, /l?d/
Noun
lad (plural lads)
- lad
- son
- menial
- male sweetheart
Volapük
Noun
lad (nominative plural lads)
- heart
Declension
Derived terms
- ladik
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yad
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hebrew ??? (yád, “hand”)
Noun
yad (plural yads or yadim)
- (Judaism) A pointer used in the ritual of Torah-reading.
Etymology 2
From the Tifinagh alphabet.
Noun
yad
- The letter ? in the Tifinagh alphabet.
Anagrams
- Day, d'ya, day, ? Day
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [j?d]
Etymology 1
From Common Turkic *y?t (“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”). Cognate with Bashkir ?? (yat), Kazakh ??? (jat),Uzbek yot (“alien, foreign”), Turkmen ýat etc.
Adjective
yad (comparative daha yad, superlative ?n yad)
- alien, strange, foreign
- unfamiliar
- Synonym: özg?
Derived terms
- yadplanetli (“extraterrestrial”)
Noun
yad (definite accusative yad?, plural yadlar)
- stranger
- Synonym: özg?
Declension
Derived terms
- yadplanetli (“alien”)
Etymology 2
From Persian ???? (yâd).
Noun
yad (definite accusative yad?, plural yadlar)
- memory
Declension
Derived terms
- yadda? (“memory”)
- yadda qalmaq (“to remember”)
- yadda saxlamaq (“to remember”)
- yaddan ç?xmaq (“to forget”)
- yada dü?m?k (“to come to mind”)
- yada salmaq (“to remind”)
Related terms
- yadigar (“memento”)
Pali
Alternative forms
Pronoun
yad
- neuter nominative/accusative singular of ya (“which (relative)”)
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from non-rhotic English yard.
Noun
yad (nominative plural yads)
- yard
Declension
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