vad

See also: wad, WAD, VAD, vaď, vád, văd, våd, vað, wæd, váð, and вад

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvat]

Noun

vad

1. genitive plural of vada

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vað, from Proto-Germanic *wadą (“shallow water, ford”), from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vad/, [vað]
• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

vad n (singular definite vadet, plural indefinite vad)

1. (rare) ford (a crossing)

Inflection

Declension of vad

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vad	vadet	vad	vadene
genitive	vads	vadets	vads	vadenes

Synonyms

• vadested

Related terms

• vade ("wade")

Etymology 2

See vade (“to wade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːd/, [væːˀð]

Verb

vad

1. imperative of vade

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wamta (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒd]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒd

Adjective

vad (comparative vadabb, superlative legvadabb)

1. wild, untamed
2. uncontrolled, unregulated

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vad	vadak
accusative	vadat	vadakat
dative	vadnak	vadaknak
instrumental	vaddal	vadakkal
causal-final	vadért	vadakért
translative	vaddá	vadakká
terminative	vadig	vadakig
essive-formal	vadként	vadakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vadban	vadakban
superessive	vadon	vadakon
adessive	vadnál	vadaknál
illative	vadba	vadakba
sublative	vadra	vadakra
allative	vadhoz	vadakhoz
elative	vadból	vadakból
delative	vadról	vadakról
ablative	vadtól	vadaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vadé	vadaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vadéi	vadakéi

Antonyms

• szelíd

Derived terms

• vadon

Noun

vad (plural vadak)

1. game (wild animal)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vad	vadak
accusative	vadat	vadakat
dative	vadnak	vadaknak
instrumental	vaddal	vadakkal
causal-final	vadért	vadakért
translative	vaddá	vadakká
terminative	vadig	vadakig
essive-formal	vadként	vadakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vadban	vadakban
superessive	vadon	vadakon
adessive	vadnál	vadaknál
illative	vadba	vadakba
sublative	vadra	vadakra
allative	vadhoz	vadakhoz
elative	vadból	vadakból
delative	vadról	vadakról
ablative	vadtól	vadaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vadé	vadaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vadéi	vadakéi

Possessive forms of vad
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vadam	vadjaim
2nd person sing.	vadad	vadjaid
3rd person sing.	vadja	vadjai
1st person plural	vadunk	vadjaink
2nd person plural	vadatok	vadjaitok
3rd person plural	vadjuk	vadjaik

Derived terms

• vadas
• vadász
• vadonc
• vadóc

 

Compound words

• dámvad
• fenevad
• vadállat
• vaddisznó
• vadember
• vadgalamb
• vadgerle
• vadgesztenye
• vadházasság
• vadkacsa
• vadkan
• vadkecske
• vadkörte
• vadmacska
• vadnyúl
• vadrózsa
• vadszeder
• vadtyúk

 

Further reading

• vad in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Verb

vad

1. imperative of vade

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin vadum (“shallow, ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvad/
• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

vad n (plural vaduri)

1. ford

Declension

Declension of vad

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vad	vadul	(niște) vaduri	vadurile
genitive/dative	(unui) vad	vadului	(unor) vaduri	vadurilor
vocative	vadule		vadurilor

Related terms

• vădos

Swedish

Alternative forms

• hvad (pre-1906 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːd/, [vɒ̜ːd̪], (etymology 1 also) /vɑː/

• audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hvat, hvadh, from Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Closely related to German was and English what and cognates in other languages in the branch of Germanic languages. Other IE cognates are Latin qui, quae, quod and the derived words of its successors in the family of Romance languages.

Pronoun

vad n

1. what

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vaþ, væþ, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Cognate with Old English wedd.

Noun

vad n

1. bet, wager

Declension

Declension of vad
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vad	vadet	vad	vaden
Genitive	vads	vadets	vads	vadens

Etymology 3

From Old Swedish vaþ, from Old Norse vað, from Proto-Germanic *wadą, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Noun

vad n

1. a ford, a place for wading, short for vadställe

Declension

Declension of vad
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vad	vadet	vad	vaden
Genitive	vads	vadets	vads	vadens

Etymology 4

The form vad appeared around 1807, was earlier vada or vade, plural vador. Hellquist is undecided concerning the origin:

• It might be Latin vatax, vatius, varus, pertaining to having bent feet.
• It might be Old Swedish vaþve, Icelandic vöðvi, Old Norse vǫðvi, Proto-Germanic *waþwô. (muscle)
• It might be Old Saxon watho, Old High German wado, German Wade.

Noun

vad c

1. (anatomy) calf; the back side of the lower part of the leg.

Declension

Declension of vad
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vad	vaden	vader	vaderna
Genitive	vads	vadens	vaders	vadernas

Derived terms

• vadmuskel

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vad c

1. a trawl

Declension

Declension of vad
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vad	vaden	vadar	vadarna
Genitive	vads	vadens	vadars	vadarnas

Further reading

• vad in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• adv.