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## A [[supernatural]], typically [[immortal]] being with [[superior]] [[power]]s.
## A [[supernatural]], typically [[immortal]] being with [[superior]] [[power]]s.
## A [[male]] deity.
## A [[male]] deity.
##* '''2002''', Chuck Palahniuk, ''Lullaby'':
##* '''2002' (610 m)'', Chuck Palahniuk, ''Lullaby'':
##*: When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a '''god''' or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.
##*: When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a '''god''' or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.
## A [[supreme being]]; [[God]].
## A [[supreme being]]; [[God]].
##: ''The most frequently used name for the Islamic '''god''' is Allah.''
##: ''The most frequently used name for the Islamic '''god''' is Allah.''
# {{alternative spelling of|God|lang=en}}
# An [[idol]].
# An [[idol]].
## A representation of a deity, especially a [[statue]] or [[statuette]].
## A representation of a deity, especially a [[statue]] or [[statuette]].
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#: ''Lounging on the beach were several Greek '''gods'''.''
#: ''Lounging on the beach were several Greek '''gods'''.''
# {{context|Internet|lang=en}} The person who owns and runs a [[multi-user dungeon]].
# {{context|Internet|lang=en}} The person who owns and runs a [[multi-user dungeon]].
#* '''1996''', Andy Eddy, ''Internet after hours''
#* '''1996' (608 m)'', Andy Eddy, ''Internet after hours''
#*: The '''gods''' usually have several wizards, or "immortals," to assist them in building the MUD.
#*: The '''gods''' usually have several wizards, or "immortals," to assist them in building the MUD.
#* '''2003''', David Lojek, ''Emote to the Max'' (page 11)
#* '''2003' (611 m)'', David Lojek, ''Emote to the Max'' (page 11)
#*: The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as '''gods'''.
#*: The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as '''gods'''.


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* Spanish: {{t+|es|dios|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dios|m}}
* Sumerian: {{t|sux||tr=ilu|sc=Xsux}}, {{t|sux||tr=dingir|sc=Xsux}}
* Sumerian: {{t|sux||tr=ilu|sc=Xsux}}, {{t|sux||tr=dingir|sc=Xsux}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|bwana|s}}, {{t|sw|mabwana|p}} {{qualifier|noun 5/6}}, {{t+|sw|rabi|s|p}} {{qualifier|noun 9/10}} <!-- WTF do these "9/10" mean? ... Somewhat similar to gender. See [[Appendix:Swahili noun classes]]. -->
* Swahili: {{t|sw|bwana|s}}, {{t|sw|mabwana|p}} {{qualifier|noun 5/6}}, {{t+|sw|rabi|s|p}} {{qualifier|noun 9/10}} <!-- WTF do these "9/10" (2.29 cm) mean? ... Somewhat similar to gender. See [[Appendix:Swahili noun classes]]. -->
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gud|c}} ({{g|m}})
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gud|c}} ({{g|m}})
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|diyos}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|diyos}}

Revision as of 03:40, 10 November 2014

See also: God, Gód, gód, gød, and góð

English

Indra on his mount Airavata.
A statue depicting Zeus, a Greek god.
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English god, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English god (“deity”) (akin to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German got (a rank of deity)), originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, both from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gudą (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch god, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Gott, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish gud), from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto- (“invoked (one)”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, to invoke”) or *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Not related to the word good. Template:rfv-etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

god (plural gods)

  1. A deity.
    1. A supernatural, typically immortal being with superior powers.
    2. A male deity.
      • '2002' (610 m), Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby:
        When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.
    3. A supreme being; God.
      The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative spelling of God
  3. An idol.
    1. A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
    2. Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
      • Bible, Phil. iii. 19
        whose god is their belly
  4. (deprecated template usage) (figurative) A person in a high position of authority; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
  5. An exceedingly handsome man.
    Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods.
  6. (deprecated template usage) (Internet) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
    • '1996' (608 m), Andy Eddy, Internet after hours
      The gods usually have several wizards, or "immortals," to assist them in building the MUD.
    • '2003' (611 m), David Lojek, Emote to the Max (page 11)
      The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods.

Usage notes

The word god is often applied both to males and to females. The word was originally neuter in Proto-Germanic; monotheistic – notably Judeo-Christian – usage completely shifted the gender to masculine, necessitating the development of a feminine form, (deprecated template usage) goddess.

Synonyms

Derived terms

terms derived from "god"

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terms related to "god"

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Translations

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Proper Noun

god

  1. (very rare) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of God
    • 1530, William Tyndall, An aunſwere vnto Syr Thomas Mores Dialogue in The whole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy Martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England, collected and compiled in one Tome togither, beyng before ſcattered, & now in Print here exhibited to the Church (1573), page 271/2:
      And ſuch is to beare yͤ names of god with croſſes betwene ech name about them.
    • 1900, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, "The Happy Man" in The Wild Knight and Other Poems:
      Golgotha's ghastly trinity—
      Three persons and one god.

Verb

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  1. To idolize.
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    • a. 1866, Edward Bulwer Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus".
      To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.
    • 2001, Conrad C. Fink, Sportswriting: The Lively Game, page 78
      "Godded him up" ... It's the fear of discerning journalists: Does coverage of athletic stars, on field and off, approach beatification of the living?
  2. to deify
    • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe.
      Then got he bow and fhafts of gold and lead, / In which fo fell and puiflant he grew, / That Jove himfelfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.
    • 1951, Eric Voegelin, Dante Germino ed., The New Science of Politics: An Introduction (1987), page 125
      The superman marks the end of a road on which we find such figures as the "godded man" of English Reformation mystics
    • 1956, C. S. Lewis, Fritz Eichenberg, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, page 241
      "She is so lately godded that she is still a rather poor goddess, Stranger.

Translations

See also

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References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse góðr (“good”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

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Pronunciation

Adjective

god (neuter godt, definite and plural gode, comparative bedre, superlative bedst)

  1. good

Dutch

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Dutch got, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gudą, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto- (“invoked (one)”). Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] West Frisian god, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Gott, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish gud.

Pronunciation

Noun

god m (plural goden, diminutive godje n)

  1. god

German Low German

Alternative forms

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

god

  1. (deprecated template usage) (in some dialects) good ((deprecated use of |lang= parameter) alternative spelling of goot)

Gothic

Romanization

gōd

  1. (deprecated template usage) Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳

Middle English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English god.

Noun

god (plural gods, genitive goddes)

  1. god

Descendants

Middle Low German

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon gōd, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gôd

  1. good
Descendants
  • Low German: god

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon gōd, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gudą.

Alternative forms

  • gad (later Middle Low German)

Pronunciation

Noun

gōd m (genitive godes)

  1. god

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢᴜ̓t’.

Cognates:

  • Apachean: Western Apache (deprecated template usage) -god, Chiricahua (deprecated template usage) -go’
  • Others: Hupa -ɢot’, Mattole -goʔł, Galice -gʷay’, Chilcotin -gʷə́d, Slavey -gó’, Hare -gó’, Dogrib -gò, Dene Sųłiné -gór, Sekani -gʷə̀de’, Dunneza -gʷəd, Central Tanana -gᴜd, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -ɢo’d, Dena’ina -ɢət’, Eyak -ɢuʰd

Pronunciation

Noun

-god (inalienable)

  1. knee

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse góðr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

Adjective

god (masculine god, feminine god, neuter godt, plural gode, comparative bedre, superlative best)

  1. good

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse góðr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

Adjective

god (masculine and feminine god, neuter godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

  1. good

Old English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gudą, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto- (“invoked; poured, libated”), from an original root *ǵʰaw-, *ǵʰawH- (“call, invoke”) or *ǵʰew- (“pour”). Germanic cognates include (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian god, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon god ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Low German gad), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch god, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German got ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Gott), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse goð, guð ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish gud), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ). The Indo-European root is also the source of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek καυχάομαι (kaukháomai, “I extol, boast”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish guth (“voice”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Church Slavonic зъвати (zŭvati) ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian звать (zvatʹ, “call”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

god n

  1. god
Declension
Declension of god (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative god godu
accusative god godu
genitive godes goda
dative gode godum

Noun

god m

  1. God, the Christian god
Declension
Declension of god (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative god godas
accusative god godas
genitive godes goda
dative gode godum
Descendants
  • Middle English: god

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-, *gʰadʰ- (“to gather, align, match”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian gōd, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon gōd, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch goed, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German guot ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] German gut), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse góðr ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish god), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gōþs).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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  1. good, appropriate, pleasing
Declension

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Descendants

Noun

gōd n

  1. good; goodness, benefit, well-being
Declension
Declension of god (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative god god
accusative god god
genitive godes goda
dative gode godum

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”). Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] West Frisian gōd, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Dutch guot, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse góðr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gōd (comparative betiro, superlative betst)

  1. good
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Declension
Positive forms of gōd
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative gōd gōde gōd gōde gōd gōdu
accusative gōdana gōde gōd gōde gōda gōdu
genitive gōdes gōdarō gōdes gōdarō gōdaro gōdarō
dative gōdumu gōdum gōdumu gōdum gōdaro gōdum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative gōdo gōdu gōda gōdu gōda gōdu
accusative gōdun gōdun gōda gōdun gōdun gōdun
genitive gōdun gōdonō gōdun gōdonō gōdun gōdonō
dative gōdun gōdum gōdun gōdum gōdun gōdum
Comparative forms of gōd (weak only)
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative betiro betiru betira betiru betira betiru
accusative betirun betirun betira betirun betirun betirun
genitive betirun betironō betirun betironō betirun betironō
dative betirun betirum betirun betirum betirun betirum
Superlative forms of gōd
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative betst betste betst betste betst betstu
accusative betstana betste betst betste betsta betstu
genitive betstes betstarō betstes betstarō betstaro betstarō
dative betstumu betstum betstumu betstum betstaro betstum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative betsto betstu betsta betstu betsta betstu
accusative betstun betstun betsta betstun betstun betstun
genitive betstun betstonō betstun betstonō betstun betstonō
dative betstun betstum betstun betstum betstun betstum


Descendants
  • Middle Low German: gôd

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

gōd n

  1. goodness, benefit
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Declension
Declension of gōd (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative gōd gōd
accusative gōd gōd
genitive gōdes gōdō
dative gōde gōdun
instrumental — —


Descendants
  • Middle Low German: gôd

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gudą, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto- (“invoked (one)”). Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English god, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian god, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German got, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse guð.

Pronunciation

Noun

god n

  1. god
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Declension
Declension of god (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative god godu
accusative god godu
genitive godes godō
dative gode godum
instrumental — —


Descendants

Etymology 4

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gudą.

Pronunciation

Noun

god m

  1. God, the Christian god
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "lang" is not used by this template. (Heliand, verse 11)
Declension
Declension of God (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative God Godos
accusative God Godos
genitive Godes Godō
dative Gode Godum
instrumental — —


Descendants
  • Middle Low German: God

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of probable (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origins (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Wald, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch woud, English wold).

Noun

god m (plural gods)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (Puter, Vallader) forest

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *godъ. Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Slovene god, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian год (god).

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. name day
  2. anniversary, holiday
  3. ring (on a tree)

Declension

Declension of god
singular plural
nominative gȏd gȍdovi
genitive goda godova
dative godu godovima
accusative god godove
vocative gode godovi
locative godu godovima
instrumental godom godovima

Particle

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  1. generalization particle
    (t)ko god — whoever
    što god — whatever
    štа god — whatever
    koji god — whichever
    Uzmi koji god hočeš.
    Take whichever you want.
    kad god — whenever
    čiji god — whoever's
    kako god — in whichever way
    kakav god — of whatever kind
    koliki god — of whichever size
    koliko god — no matter how much/many

Slovene

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *godъ. Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Serbo-Croatian god, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. name day

Declension

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, long mixed accent, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing. gód
gen. sing. godú
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		gód godôva godôvi
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		godú godôv godôv
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		gódu godôvoma godôvom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		gód godôva godôve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		gódu godôvih godôvih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		gódom godôvoma godôvi
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing. gód
gen. sing. góda
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		gód godôva godôvi
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		góda godôv godôv
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		gódu godôvoma godôvom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		gód godôva godôve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		gódu godôvih godôvih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		gódom godôvoma godôvi

Swedish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Swedish goþer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse góðr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

god (comparative godare, superlative godast)

  1. good (not evil), kind
  2. good (tasting)

Declension

Inflection of god
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular god godare godast
Neuter singular gott godare godast
Plural goda godare godast
Masculine plural3 gode godare godast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 gode godare godaste
All goda godare godaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Antonyms

Adjective

god (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

  1. good (not bad), fine, useful

Declension

Positive forms as above, comparative bättre, superlative bäst.

Derived terms

Antonyms

West Frisian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian god, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gudą, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto-. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch god, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Gott, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish gud.

Noun

god c (pl goaden)

  1. god, deity
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