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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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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Czech [edit]

Noun [edit]

sad m

  1. orchard

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Danish [edit]

Verb [edit]

sad

  1. past of sidde

Gothic [edit]

Romanization [edit]

sad

  1. See 𐍃𐌰𐌳

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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

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Polish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /s̪at̪/
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Noun [edit]

sad m

  1. orchard

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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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sȁd (Cyrillic spelling са̏д)

  1. now
  2. currently
  3. presently

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Slovak [edit]

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sad m (genitive singular sadu, nominative plural sady)

  1. garden, orchard, plantation

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Slovene [edit]

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sad m inan.

  1. fruit

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