vada

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hindi वड़ा (vaṛā).

Noun

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vada (plural vadas)

  1. A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
    • 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic, published 2009, page 204:
      I bought a tea and a potato vada, and sat under a banyan tree to eat.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sabir vada, ultimately from Italian vedere (“to see”)[1]

Alternative forms

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Verb

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vada (third-person singular simple present vadas, present participle vadaing, simple past and past participle vada'd)

  1. (Polari) To look (at), to see
Synonyms
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References

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  1. ^ Alan D. Corré (2005) “Polari Words from Lingua Franca”, in A Glossary of Lingua Franca‎[1], 5th edition

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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

Noun

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vada f (plural vadas)

  1. strike (work stoppage)

Derived terms

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vada. Analyzable as deverbal from vadit.

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Noun

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vada f

  1. defect
    vada řeči ― speech impediment
    vrozená vada ― birth defect

Declension

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Declension of vada (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative vada vady
genitive vady vad
dative vadě vadám
accusative vadu vady
vocative vado vady
locative vadě vadách
instrumental vadou vadami
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Further reading

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

French

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Verb

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vada

  1. third-person singular past historic of vader

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈva.da/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Hyphenation: và‧da

Verb

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vada

  1. inflection of andare:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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vadā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vadō

Noun

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vada

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vadum

References

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  • vada in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “vada”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

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Noun

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vada m

  1. genitive singular of vads

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Deverbal formation from the o-grade of vèsti (“to lead”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vadà f (plural vãdos) stress pattern 4

  1. animals from a litter; offspring
  2. leadership
  3. excuse, pretext

Declension

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Declension of vadà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) vadà vãdos
genitive (kilmininkas) vadõs vadų̃
dative (naudininkas) vãdai vadóms
accusative (galininkas) vãdą vadàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) vadà vadomìs
locative (vietininkas) vadojè vadosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) vãda vãdos

References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “vadà”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 709

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną.

Verb

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vada (present tense vader, past tense vadde, past participle vadt/vadd, passive infinitive vadast, present participle vadande, imperative vad)

  1. (intransitive) to wade
    • Om Erik vil koma seg til strendom, må han uansett vada yver åi.
      If Erik want to come to the beaches, he must anyway wade over the creek.
  2. (intransitive, chiefly about fish) swim at the surface
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  • Prior to 1938, vada was considered a class 6 strong verb – at which point it was superseded by a weak inflection short form va. Was reintroduced to the official spelling by the 1959 spelling reform.
  • This is a split infinitive verb.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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vada n

  1. definite plural of vad
  2. definite plural of vad

References

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  • “vada” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “vada”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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vada

  1. second-person singular imperative active of vadati (“to say”)

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish vaþa, from Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-.

Verb

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vada (present vadar, preterite vadade, supine vadat, imperative vada)

  1. to wade; to walk through (deep) water
  2. (figuratively) to walk through anything which hampers one's progress

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vada (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vada —
Supine vadat —
Imperative vada —
Imper. plural1 vaden —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative vadar vadade — —
Ind. plural1 vada vadade — —
Subjunctive2 vade vadade — —
Participles
Present participle vadande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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