snad

See also: snaď and snáď

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *snadь. Cognate with Slovak snáď (“perhaps”) and obsolete Polish snadź (“apparently”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsnat]

Adverb

snad (not comparable)

1. hopefully

   Snad mi to půjde. ― Hopefully, I'll be good at this.

   To snad není pravda! ― I don't believe this! (literally This is hopefully not the truth.)

   To se mi snad zdá! ― I don't believe this! (literally This is hopefully my dream.)

2. maybe, perhaps

Related terms

• snadný

See also

• doufat

Further reading

• “snad”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “snad”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “snad”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Khasi

Snad

Etymology

From sad (“to comb”) +‎ -n-. Compare Khmer ស្និត (snət, “fine-toothed comb”).

Noun

snad f

1. comb

References

• Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎^[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 205. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Old English

Noun

snād m

1. Alternative form of snǣd