different between lads vs bads

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lædz/
• Rhymes: -ædz

Noun

lads

1. plural of lad
2. (Northern England, Tyneside, Ireland) A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads.
   • 1998, Tom Stoppard. The Real Inspector Hound

     Me and the lads have had a meeting in the bar and decided it's first-class family entertainment.

   • 2000, Marie Jones. Stones In His Pockets

     I loved saying lads . . . like I was a comrade . . . like I was one of them ... me and the lads . . . alright lads, eh ... Italy, no problem .

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• ADLs, ADSL, ALDS, DALs, LDAs, dals

Danish

Noun

lads n

1. indefinite genitive singular of lad
2. indefinite genitive plural of lad

Latgalian

Noun

lads m

1. ice

English

Noun

bads

1. plural of bad

Anagrams

• ABSD, ADBs, ADS-B, DBAs, DBSA, SDBA, dabs, dbas

Danish

Noun

bads n

1. indefinite genitive singular of bad

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *bad-, from the o-grade b?od?- of Proto-Indo-European *b?ed?- (“to press, to bend”) (whence also b?da, q.v.). The original meaning was probably “that which bends, presses (one's body),” from which “hunger”; cf. related Sanskrit ???? (b?dha?, “difficulty, obstacle”). Cognates include dialectal Lithuanian bãdas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bats]

Noun

bads m (1st declension)

1. hunger, starvation, famine (a lack of sufficient food, especially for a long time; the accompanying feeling)

2. (figuratively) a lack of something perceived as important, essential; dearth, deprivation

Declension

Related terms

• badoties

References

Swedish

Noun

bads

1. indefinite genitive singular of bad
2. indefinite genitive plural of bad

Verb

bads

1. past tense passive of be.
2. past tense passive of bedja.