lad
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Middle English ladde (“foot soldier, servant”). Possibly cognate with Dutch lid (“member”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lad (plural lads)
- (chiefly UK) A boy or young man.
- (UK) A jack the lad; a boyo.
- I think he reckons he's a bit of a lad.
- A familiar term of address for a young man.
- A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad).
- (Ireland) The penis.
- 1995 May 5, “The Passion of St Tibulus”, Father Ted episode:
- Mrs Glynn: Oh but there's this great bit in it. You see, there was this girl, but then you find out it's not a girl but a man!
Mrs Sheridan: And he got his lad out.
- Mrs Glynn: Oh but there's this great bit in it. You see, there was this girl, but then you find out it's not a girl but a man!
- 2007, Unknown, translated by Ciaran Carson, The Táin, ISBN 9780140455304, page 175:
- And he loaded the chariot with clods and boulders and cobbles that he fired at anyone who came to stare at him and jeer him, stark naked as he was, with his long lad and his acorns dangling down through the floor of the chariot.
- 2010, Loucinda McGary, The Wild Irish Sea: A Windswept Tale of Love and Magic, ISBN 1402226713, page 11:
- Just thinking about how she would look without her clothes made his lad twitch with anticipation.
- 1995 May 5, “The Passion of St Tibulus”, Father Ted episode:
Usage notes[edit]
Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a boy
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familiar term of address for a man
a groom who works with horses
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References[edit]
- The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[1]
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
- 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, [3]
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
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Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lad (neuter ladt, definite and plural lade)
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Inflection of lad
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | lad | ladet | lad | ladene |
| genitive | lads | ladets | lads | ladenes |
Verb[edit]
lad
- imperative of lade
Lojban[edit]
Rafsi[edit]
lad
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /lɑːd/
Etymology 1[edit]
Proto-Germanic *laidō. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið.
Noun[edit]
lād f
Declension[edit]
Declension of lad (strong ō-stem)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Old English. Akin to Old Frisian lēde, lāde
Noun[edit]
lād f
- exculpation, clearing of guilt or accusation, purgation
- defense against a charge, excuse
Declension[edit]
Declension of lad (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Romansch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Sutsilvan) lo
Adjective[edit]
lad m f lada, m plural lads, f plural ladas)
Synonyms[edit]
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /lad/, /lɑd/
Noun[edit]
lad (plural lads)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- British English
- Irish English
- Geordie English
- Northumbrian English
- Danish adjectives
- Danish nouns
- Danish verb forms
- Lojban rafsi
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English ō-stem nouns
- Old English nouns
- Romansch adjectives
- Sursilvan Romansch
- Scots nouns
