sad

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See also SAD, säd, sąd, and sáð

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle English sad, from Old English sæd (“sated with, weary of, satiated, filled, full”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated, satisfied”), from Proto-Indo-European *sā- (“to satiate, satisfy”). Cognate with Dutch zat (“sated, drunk”), German satt (“well-fed, full”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌸𐍃 (saþs, “full, satisfied”), Latin satur (“well-fed, sated”). Related to sate.

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Adjective [edit]

sad (comparative sadder, superlative saddest)

  1. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
  2. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
      And thus they strekyn forth into the stremys, many sadde hunderthes.
  3. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xi:
      Vprose Sir Guyon, in bright armour clad, / And to his purposd iourney him prepar'd: / With him the Palmer eke in habit sad, / Him selfe addrest to that aduenture hard [...].
  4. Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
      this is either used crude, and called Sulphur Vive, and is of a sadder colour; or after depuration, such as we have in magdeleons of rolls, of a lighter yellow.
  5. Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
    She gets sad when he's away.
  6. Appearing sorrowful.
    The puppy had a sad little face.
  7. Causing sorrow; lamentable.
    It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
    • The Great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad,
    • For, all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad. ―G.K. Chesterton
  8. Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.127:
      Heaven knows what cash he got, or blood he spilt, / A sad old fellow was he, if you please [...].
    That's the saddest-looking pickup truck I've ever seen.
  9. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
    I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!
  10. (dialect) soggy (to refer to pastries).

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Translations [edit]

of colours: dark, sombre, dull
feeling sorrow
appearing sorrowful
causing sorrow, lamentable
poor in quality, deplorable
slang: socially inadequate or undesirable
dialect: soggy — see soggy
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Czech [edit]

Noun [edit]

sad m

  1. orchard

Derived terms [edit]

Danish [edit]

Verb [edit]

sad

  1. past of sidde

Gothic [edit]

Romanization [edit]

sad

  1. See 𐍃𐌰𐌳

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

sad

  1. rafsi of snada.

Old Saxon [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Indo-European. Cognate with Old English sæd , Dutch zat, Old High German sat (German satt), Old Norse saðr.

Adjective [edit]

sad (comparative sadoro, superlative sadost)

  1. full, sated, satiated
  2. weary

Declension [edit]

Declension of sad
Strong declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative sad sade sad sade sad sadu
accusative sadan sade sad sade sada sadu
genitive sades sadarō sades sadarō sadaro sadarō
dative sadumu sadum sadumu sadum sadaro sadum
Weak declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative sado sadu sada sadu sada sadu
accusative sadun sadun sada sadun sadun sadun
genitive sadun sadonō sadun sadonō sadun sadonō
dative sadun sadum sadun sadum sadun sadum


Polish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /s̪at̪/
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Noun [edit]

sad m

  1. orchard

Declension [edit]

    declension of sad
singular plural
nominative sad sady
genitive sadu sadów
dative sadowi sadom
accusative sad sady
instrumental sadem sadami
locative sadzie sadach
vocative sadzie sady

Scots [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Old English sæd.

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sad (comparative sadder, superlative saddest)

  1. grave, serious
  2. strange, remarkable
  3. sad

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *sьda, *sьgoda.

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Adverb [edit]

sȁd (Cyrillic spelling са̏д)

  1. now
  2. currently
  3. presently

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Slovak [edit]

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Noun [edit]

sad m (genitive singular sadu, nominative plural sady)

  1. garden, orchard, plantation

Declension [edit]

    declension of sad
singular plural
nominative sad sady
genitive sadu sadov
dative sadu sadom
accusative sad sady
locative sade sadoch
instrumental sadom sadmi

Slovene [edit]

Noun [edit]

sad m inan.

  1. fruit

Declension [edit]

Declension of sad (masculine inanimate, hard)
singular dual plural
nominative sad sada sadi
accusative sad sada sade
genitive sada sadov sadov
dative sadu sadoma sadom
locative sadu sadih sadih
instrumental sadom sadoma sadi
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