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дед

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dʲet]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -et

Noun

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дед (dedm anim (genitive де́да, nominative plural де́ды, genitive plural де́дов, relational adjective де́дов or де́дский, diminutive де́душка or дедо́к) (most meanings)
дед (dedm anim (genitive де́да, nominative plural деды́, genitive plural дедо́в) (military)

  1. grandfather
    Synonym: (humorous) прародитель (praroditelʹ)
    • 1901, Леонид Андреев [Leonid Andreyev], “II”, in Гостинец; English translation from A Present, 1916:
      Гри́венник была́ та су́мма, кото́рую обеща́л дед самому́ Ми́шке, и вы́ше её не шло его́ представле́ние о челове́ческом сча́стье.
      Grívennik bylá ta súmma, kotóruju obeščál ded samomú Míške, i výše jejó ne šlo jevó predstavlénije o čelovéčeskom sčástʹje.
      A dime was the sum that Mishka's grandfather had promised him for Easter, and the boy's conception of human happiness did not go beyond this.
  2. (colloquial) old man
  3. (in the plural) forefathers
  4. (military slang) soldier who is approaching demobilization

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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де̏д m (Latin spelling dȅd)

  1. grandfather

Declension

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Declension of дед
singular plural
nominative де̏д дѐдови/деди
genitive деда дедова/деда
dative деду дедовима/дедима
accusative деда дедове/деде
vocative деде дедови/деди
locative деду дедовима/дедима
instrumental дедом дедовима/дедима

Further reading

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  • дед”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025