different between nard vs nad

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /n??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Etymology 1

From Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit ??? (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus.

Noun

nard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)

1. Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
2. A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
3. American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.

Synonyms

• nardus (obsolete)
• (Nardostachys jatamansi): nardin, muskroot

Derived terms

• spikenard

References

• nard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nardostachys jatamansi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Nardostachys+jatamansi at The Plant List
• nard at OneLook Dictionary Search
• nard, in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1987.

Etymology 2

Alteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”).

Noun

nard (plural nards)

1. (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) Testicles.

   The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!

Synonyms

• (testicles): balls, nuts

Anagrams

• -andr-, DNAR, DNRA, RAND, Rand, andr-, darn, rDNA, rand, rdna

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nardus (“spikenard”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?na?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?nart/

Noun

nard m (plural nards)

1. tuberose (Agave amica)

Further reading

• “nard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin nardus.

Noun

nard m (plural nards)

1. (botany) matgrass (Nardus)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “nard” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “nard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit ??? (nálada, “Indian narde”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nârd/

Noun

n?rd m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. nard (plant or oil)

References

• “nard” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Volapük

Noun

nard (nominative plural nards)

1. valerian

Declension

English

Etymology 1

Noun

nad

1. (linguistics) noun animate dependent

See also

Etymology 2

Douglas Harper suggests an abbreviation of gonad originating among biology students.

Pronunciation

Noun

nad (plural nads)

1. (slang, mostly plural) testicle
   • 2004, Bob Gunn, Sex, Ghosts and Gumshoes (page 119)

     I look down and the little one has already cut right through my ball sac and is in the process of slicing my left nad free.

Anagrams

• -and, -dan, ADN, AND, DAN, DNA, Dan, Dan., NDA, and, and-, dan, dna

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nat]
• Rhymes: -at

Preposition

nad + instrumental

1. over, above

   Antonym: pod

Further reading

• nad in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• nad in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• And, dan, Dan, dna, DNA

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nad?.

Preposition

nad

1. over
2. above

Old Irish

Particle

nad

1. Alternative spelling of nád

Polish

Alternative forms

• nade

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nad?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?neh? + *d?h?-o-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nat/

Preposition

nad

1. (+ instrumental) above, over (denotes location)
2. (+ accusative) above, over (denotes movement)

Further reading

• nad in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Univerbation of an (“in”) +? do (“thy”)

Preposition

nad (+ dative, triggers lenition)

1. in thy; in your (singular)

Inflection

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nad?. Compare na (“on, onto”), nad-, nat-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâd/

Preposition

n?d (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (+ instrumental case) over, above (with no change of position, answering the question gdj?/gd?)

   Synonym: ?znad

   Antonym: p?d

2. (+ accusative case) over, above (usually with change of position, answering the question kùda)

   Synonym: ?znad

   Antonym: p?d

References

• “nad” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nad?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nat/

Preposition

nad

1. (with instrumental) over, above (stationary)
2. (with accusative) over, above (motion towards)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nad/

Conjunction

nad

1. (formal) that … not (introduces a negative noun clause, marking it for emphasis)

2. that … not (introduces a negative noun clause, used before a vowel)

See also

• mai (affirmative, emphasis)
• taw (affirmative, emphasis)
• na (negative, unmarked, used before a consonant)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “nad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies