глад

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• гладъ (glad) — Pre-reform orthography (1945)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goldъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɫat]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at

Noun

глад • (glad) m (relational adjective гла́ден)

1. hunger

Declension

Declension of глад

	singular
indefinite	глад glad
definite (subject form)	гла́дът gládǎt
definite (object form)	гла́да gláda

References

• “глад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “глад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goldъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɫat]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

глад • (glad) m (relational adjective гладен)

1. hunger

Declension

Declension of глад

	singular
indefinite	глад (glad)
definite unspecified	гладот (gladot)
definite proximal	гладов (gladov)
definite distal	гладон (gladon)
vocative	гладу (gladu)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak hlad, from Proto-Slavic *goldъ. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn го́лод (hólod) and Slovak hlad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦlat]
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: глад

Noun

глад (hlad) m inan (relational adjective гладни)

1. (also figuratively) hunger
2. famine

Declension

Declension of глад (hlad)

	singular	plural
nominative	глад (hlad)	—
genitive	гладу (hladu)	—
dative	гладу (hladu)	—
accusative	глад (hlad)	—
instrumental	гладом (hladom)	—
locative	гладу / гладзе (hladu / hladze)	—
vocative	гладу / гладзе (hladu / hladze)	—

Related terms

verbs

• гладнїц impf (hladnjic)
• гладовац impf (hladovac)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “глад”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “hunger”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 141

Russian

Alternative forms

• гладъ (glad) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic гладъ (gladŭ), from Proto-Slavic *goldъ. Doublet of го́лод (gólod), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɫat]
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

глад • (glad) m inan (genitive гла́да, nominative plural гла́ды, genitive plural гла́дов)

1. (obsolete) hunger

Declension

Declension of глад (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	гла́д glád	гла́ды glády
genitive	гла́да gláda	гла́дов gládov
dative	гла́ду gládu	гла́дам gládam
accusative	гла́д glád	гла́ды glády
instrumental	гла́дом gládom	гла́дами gládami
prepositional	гла́де gláde	гла́дах gládax

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goldъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlâːd/

Noun

гла̑д f (Latin spelling glȃd)

1. hunger

Declension

Declension of глад

	singular	plural
nominative	глад	глади
genitive	глади	глади
dative	глади	гладима
accusative	глад	глади
vocative	глади	глади
locative	глади	гладима
instrumental	глађу / глади	гладима

Further reading

• “глад”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026