glad

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 3 Dutch 3.1 Alternative spellings 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Derived terms 4 Norwegian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Adjective 5 Serbo-Croatian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Declension 6 Swedish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English glæd

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• Rhymes: -æd

[edit] Adjective

glad (comparative gladder, superlative gladdest)

1. pleased, happy, satisfied

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• sorrowfull
• sad
• downcast
• peevish
• cranky
• heavy
• depressed

[edit] Derived terms

• engladden
• gladden
• gladly

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[edit] Verb

to glad (third-person singular simple present glads, present participle gladding, simple past and past participle gladded)

1. (transitive) To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
   • 1922, A. E. Housman, Epithalamium, line 3

     God that glads the lover's heart,

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse glaðr.

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• IPA: /ɡlad/, [ɡ̊lað]

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glad (neuter glad, definite and plural glade, comparative gladere, superlative gladest)

1. happy, glad

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Alternative spellings

• gladde

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glad (comparative: gladder, superlative: gladst)

1. smooth, polished
2. slippery

[edit] Derived terms

• gladheid

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɽɑː/, IPA: /glɑː/

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glad (masculine glad; feminine glad; neuter glad; plural glade; comparative gladere; superlative gladest)

1. happy, glad

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *goldъ.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /glâːd/

[edit] Noun

glȃd f. (Cyrillic spelling гла̑д)

1. hunger

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

• IPA: /glɑːd/

Inflections of glad		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	glad	gladare		gladast
	Neuter	glatt
Definite singular	Masc.	glade		gladaste
	All	glada		gladaste
Plural		glada		gladaste

glad

1. happy, glad