lad
English
Etymology
Middle English ladde (“foot soldier, servant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læd/
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æd
Noun
lad (plural lads)
- (British) A boy or young man.
- Coordinate term: lass
- (British) A Jack the lad; a boyo.
- Coordinate term: ladette
- I think he reckons he's a bit of a lad.
- Last night I was out drinking with the lads.
- A familiar term of address for a young man.
- Come here, lad, and help me shift these boxes.
- A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad).
- (Ireland, colloquial) The penis.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 225:
- — The lad stood to attention anyhow, he said with a sigh. She's a gamey mare and no mistake.
- 1995 May 5, Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews, “The Passion of St Tibulus”, in Father Ted:
- Mrs Glynn: Oh but there's this great bit in it. You see, there was this girl, but then you find out it's not a girl but a man!
Mrs Sheridan: And he got his lad out.
- 2007, Unknown, translated by Ciaran Carson, The Táin, →ISBN, page 175:
- And he loaded the chariot with clods and boulders and cobbles that he fired at anyone who came to stare at him and jeer him, stark naked as he was, with his long lad and his acorns dangling down through the floor of the chariot.
- 2010, Loucinda McGary, The Wild Irish Sea: A Windswept Tale of Love and Magic, →ISBN, page 11:
- Just thinking about how she would look without her clothes made his lad twitch with anticipation.
Usage notes
Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
a boy
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familiar term of address for a man
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a groom who works with horses
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References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Further reading
Anagrams
Danish
Adjective
lad
Inflection
Inflection of lad | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | lad | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | ladt | — | —2 |
Plural | lade | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | lade | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Noun
lad n (singular definite ladet, plural indefinite lad)
- bed (platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled), eg. truckbed
Inflection
Declension of lad
Verb
lad
German
Verb
lad
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of laden.
Middle English
Noun
lad
- Alternative form of ladde
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
lad
Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *laidō. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið. Akin to līþan (“to go, travel, fare”).
Noun
lād f
Declension
Declension of lad (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Akin to Old Frisian lēde, lāde.
Noun
lād f
- exculpation, clearing of guilt or accusation, purgation
- defense against a charge, excuse
Declension
Declension of lad (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan) lo
Etymology
Adjective
lad m (feminine singular lada, masculine plural lads, feminine plural ladas)
Synonyms
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English ladde, from North Germanic.
Pronunciation
Noun
lad (plural lads)
Volapük
Noun
lad (nominative plural lads)
Declension
declension of lad
Derived terms
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