bads

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See also: Bads and båds

English

Noun

bads

  1. plural of bad

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Danish

Noun

bads n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bad

Latvian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *bad-, from the o-grade Lua error in Module:links at line 223: The specified language Proto-Indo-European is unattested, while the given term does not begin with '*' to indicate that it is reconstructed. of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (to press, to bend) (whence also bēda, q.v.). The original meaning was probably “that which bends, presses (one's body),” from which “hunger”; cf. related Sanskrit बाधः (bādhaḥ, difficulty, obstacle). Cognates include dialectal Lithuanian bãdas.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

bads m (1st declension)

  1. hunger, starvation, famine (a lack of sufficient food, especially for a long time; the accompanying feeling)
    mērdēt badāto starve (someone), to keep in hunger
    ciest baduto starve (lit. to suffer hunger)
    mirt badu, badāto die from hunger, in hunger
    novārgt aiz badato perish from hunger
    bada nāvedeath by starvation
    bada cietējs, badacietējshunger-sufferer (= hungry person)
    bada streikshunger strike
    meža zvēriem trūka barības... ceļu malās bieži atrada badā nobeigušos meža dzīvniekusthe forest animals lacked food... one could often see on the sides of trails forest animals dead from starvation
    pēc kāda laika izcēlās tanī pašā zemē liels bads... rudzu vairs nebija nevienam ne graudiņaafter some time a great famine broke out in this same land... there was not even a grain of rye left
  2. (figuratively) a lack of something perceived as important, essential; dearth, deprivation
    skābekļa badsoxygen deprivation
    miega badssleep deprivation
    grāmatu badsdearth of books
    audi un orgāni cukurslimniekam ir cukura badāthe tissues and organs of diabetics are deprived of sugar (lit. in sugar deprivation)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “bads”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  2. ^ http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/1130

Swedish

Noun

bads

  1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive singular of bad
  2. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive plural of bad

Verb

bads

  1. (deprecated template usage) past tense passive of be.
  2. (deprecated template usage) past tense passive of bedja.