vad

See also vád, văd, váð, vað, wæd, våd, wād, wad, WAD, and VAD

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vað, from Proto-Germanic *wadą (“shallow water, ford”), from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vad/, [vað]

Noun

vad n (singular definite vadet, plural indefinite vad)

1. (rare) ford (a crossing)

Inflection

    Inflection of vad

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	vad	vadet	vad	vadene
genitive	vads	vadets	vads	vadenes

Synonyms

• vadested

Related terms

• vade ("wade")

Etymology 2

See vade (“to wade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaːd/, [væːˀð]

Verb

vad

1. imperative of vade

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɒd/

Adjective

vad (comparative vadabb, superlative legvadabb)

1. wild

Antonyms

• szelíd

Derived terms

• vadon

Noun

vad (plural vadak)

1. game (wild animal)

Declension

declension of vad singular plural nominative vad vadak accusative vadat vadakat dative vadnak vadaknak instrumental vaddal vadakkal causal-final vadért vadakért translative vaddá vadakká terminative vadig vadakig essive-formal vadként vadakként essive-modal - - inessive vadban vadakban superessive vadon vadakon adessive vadnál vadaknál illative vadba vadakba sublative vadra vadakra allative vadhoz vadakhoz elative vadból vadakból delative vadról vadakról ablative vadtól vadaktól

possessives of vad possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. vadam vadjaim 2nd person sing. vadad vadjaid 3rd person sing. vadja vadjai 1st person plural vadunk vadjaink 2nd person plural vadatok vadjaitok 3rd person plural vadjuk vadjaik

Derived terms

• vadász

Compound words

• dámvad
• vadállat
• vaddisznó
• vadgerle
• vadkacsa
• vadkan
• vadkecske
• vadmacska
• vadrózsa

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin vadum (“shallow, ford”).

Noun

vad n (plural vaduri)

1. ford

Declension

declension of vad

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un vad	vadul	niște vaduri	vadurile
genitive/dative	unui vad	vadului	unor vaduri	vadurilor

Related terms

• vădos

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɑː(d)/, [vɑː(d̪)]

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Closely related to German was and English what and cognates in other languages in the branch of Germanic languages. Other IE cognates are Latin qui, quae, quod and the derived words of its successors in the family of Romance languages.

Pronoun

vad

1. what

Etymology 2

Old Norse veð, cognate with Old English wedd.

Noun

vad n

1. bet, wager

Declension

Declension of vad

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vad	vadet	vad	vaden
genitive	vads	vadets	vads	vadens

Etymology 3

From Old Swedish vaþ (Old Norse vað). See vað.

Noun

vad n

1. a ford, a place for wading, short for vadställe

Declension

Declension of vad

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vad	vadet	vad	vaden
genitive	vads	vadets	vads	vadens

Etymology 4

The form vad appeared around 1807, was earlier vada or vade, plural vador. Hellquist is undecided concerning the origin:

• It might be Latin vatax, vatius, varus, pertaining to having bent feet.
• It might be Old Swedish vaþve, Icelandic vöðvi, muscle.
• It might be Old Saxon watho, Old High German wado, German Wade.

Noun

vad c

1. (anatomy) calf; the back side of the lower part of the leg.

Declension

Declension of vad

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vad	vaden	vader	vaderna
genitive	vads	vadens	vaders	vadernas

See also

• vadmuskel