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pac
Highland Popoluca
Etymology 1
From Proto-Zoque *pahk, from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *pahk.
Noun
pac
- bone
Derived terms
- cobacpac
- paga?jo?m
Etymology 2
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
pac
- seed
Derived terms
- pag??y
References
- Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)?[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., ?ISBN, page 93
Middle English
Noun
pac
- Alternative form of pak
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pat?s/
Etymology 1
Cognate with Ukrainian ????? (pacjuk).
Noun
pac m anim
- (dialectal) A large rat (rodent).
Declension
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic
Interjection
pac
- (Cieszyn Silesia) plunk, thud, flump (sound)
- Synonym: b?c
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
pac f
- genitive plural of paca
Further reading
- pac in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- pac in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Welsh
Etymology
Middle English packe
Noun
pac m (plural paciau or pacau)
- a pack, a bundle, a deck (of cards)
- a pack (of animals), a gang
- a pack (in rugby)
Derived terms
- pecyn
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “pac”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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herd
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /h?d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
- Homophone: heard
Etymology 1
From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (“herd, flock; keeping, care, custody”), from Proto-Germanic *herd? (“herd”), from Proto-Indo-European *?erd?- (“file, row, herd”). Cognate with German Herde, Swedish hjord. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian herdhe (“nest”) and Serbo-Croatian krdo.
Noun
herd (plural herds)
- A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. [from 11th c.]
- 1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,
- The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea.
- 1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,
- Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. [from 13th c.]
- 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma, National Geographic (March 2007), 47,
- Zakouma is the last place on Earth where you can see more than a thousand elephants on the move in a single, compact herd.
- 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma, National Geographic (March 2007), 47,
- (now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative: a rabble. [from 15th c.]
- 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk, 8 June 1833
- You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question.
- 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk, 8 June 1833
Derived terms
- herd immunity
- herd instinct
Translations
Verb
herd (third-person singular simple present herds, present participle herding, simple past and past participle herded)
- (intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
- Sheep herd on many hills.
- (transitive) To unite or associate in a herd
- (transitive) To manage, care for or guard a herd
- (intransitive) To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
- I’ll herd among his friends, and seem
One of the number.
- I’ll herd among his friends, and seem
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English herde, from Old English hirde, hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hird?, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. Cognate with German Hirte, Swedish herde, Danish hyrde.
Noun
herd (plural herds)
- (now rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals; a herdsman.
- 2000, Alasdair Grey, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury 2002, page 38:
- Any talent which gives a good new thing to others is a miracle, but commentators have thought it extra miraculous that England's first known poet was an illiterate herd.
- 2000, Alasdair Grey, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury 2002, page 38:
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
herd (third-person singular simple present herds, present participle herding, simple past and past participle herded)
- (intransitive, Scotland) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
- (transitive) To form or put into a herd.
- (transitive) To move or drive a herd.
Translations
See also
- Appendix:English collective nouns
- drove
- gather
- muster
- round up
- ride herd on
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
herd
- imperative of herde
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *herþ.
Noun
herd m
- hearth
Descendants
- Middle High German: hert
- German: Herd
- Luxembourgish: Häerd
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